Human-centered robotics applied to gait training and assessment.
- Riener R Rehabilitation Engineering Group, Automatic Control Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. riener@mavt.ethz.ch
- Lünenburger L
- Colombo G
- 2006-11-24
Published in:
- Journal of rehabilitation research and development. - 2006
English
Robot-aided gait training can increase the duration and number of training sessions while reducing the number of therapists required for each patient. However, current automated gait trainers do not adapt their movement to the patient's muscular efforts and passive musculoskeletal properties. Furthermore, robot-aided training without therapists lacks the feedback required for patient assessment. In this article, we present results from the literature and our research to provide an overview of novel human-centered strategies for robot behaviors that are patient-cooperative and support motor-function assessment. Combining robot-aided training with robot-aided assessment will likely make future gait therapy easier, more comfortable, and more efficient. Broad clinical testing is still required for proving this assumption.
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- English
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- bronze
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- DOI 10.1682/jrrd.2005.02.0046
- PMID 17123208
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/122679
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