An autonomous control and monitoring system for lower limb orthosis: the gait project case

Author

Moreno, J.C. ; Brunetti, F.J. ; Pons, J.L.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Autom. Ind., CSIC, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

2125

Lastpage

2128

Abstract

A wearable control and monitoring system has been developed for a novel active orthotic device. The development addresses the need of an autonomous tool for gait analysis during normal use of the orthotic device. The system has two basic components: the base unit and the ambulatory Uniu. The units communicate by means of a Bluetooth link. In order to test the system, a knee-ankle-foot orthosis has been instrumented for gait control and monitoring of biomechanical and comfort data during daily use by patients with muscular deficiencies. This paper describes the system developed, outlines its performance and presents measurements recorded while performing different activities.

Keywords

Bluetooth; biocontrol; gait analysis; muscle; orthotics; patient monitoring; wearable computers; Bluetooth; autonomous control system; biomechanics; comfort data; gait analysis; gait control; knee-ankle-foot orthosis; lower limb orthosis; monitoring system; muscular deficiencies; orthotic device; wearable control system; Computer aided software engineering; Control systems; Foot; Humans; Knee; Legged locomotion; Motion control; Muscles; Orthotics; Patient monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8439-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403623

Filename

1403623