Title :
Study of a wire-driven leg rehabilitation system
Author :
Homma, Keiko ; Fukuda, Osamu ; Nagata, Yoshihiko
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We propose here a new type of leg rehabilitation system. The aim of the system is to realize the multiple-degree-of-freedom (DOF) training of a leg by manipulating the patient´s leg with wires. First, a single-DOF experimental system was built and tested, and the experimental results showed the feasibility of a wire-driven leg rehabilitation system. Next, a 2-DOF experimental system was designed, with a target motion of flexion/extension of both the hip and knee joints. Experiments of single-DOF motion on a test dummy and a male subject showed that the system generated enough accurate motion to support a range of motion exercises. In addition, the results demonstrate that the wire-driven mechanism is user friendly.
Keywords :
patient rehabilitation; exercises; hip joints; knee joints; leg rehabilitation system; multiple DOF motion; stroke patients; wire-driven leg manipulating system; Extremities; Hip; Hospitals; Knee; Leg; Medical treatment; Robots; Senior citizens; System testing; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2002. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7398-7
DOI :
10.1109/IRDS.2002.1043959
