DocumentCode
1865862
Title
Realizing a posture-based wearable antigravity muscles support system for lower extremities
Author
Nakamura, Takahiko ; Saito, Kazunari ; Wang, Zhidong ; Kosuge, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution
Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fYear
2005
fDate
28 June-1 July 2005
Firstpage
273
Lastpage
276
Abstract
In this paper, to support antigravity muscles during stance phase more strongly, we propose a new wearable antigravity muscles support system, which supports antigravity muscles around the knee and hip joint. In this system, a posture-based control algorithm for the device without using biological signals is implemented to the wearable antigravity muscles support device. Experimental results show the potential of this proposed system.
Keywords
handicapped aids; medical control systems; muscle; hip joint; knee joint; lower extremities; posture-based control algorithm; wearable antigravity muscles support system; Actuators; Control systems; Extremities; Gears; Hip; Humans; Knee; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Rehabilitation robotics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501100
Filename
1501100
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