Title :
Mechanical Design of an Active Knee Orthosis for Gait Rehabilitation
Author :
Beyl, Pieter ; Naudet, Joris ; Ham, Ronald Van ; Lefeber, Dirk
Author_Institution :
IWT-Vlaanderen, Brussels
Abstract :
This paper reports on the mechanical design of an active knee orthosis, powered by pleated pneumatic artificial muscles. The orthosis is intended as a proof-of-concept rehabilitation device for the assessment of mechatronical design principles and testing of different control strategies. The general focus of this research is on the development of a step rehabilitation robot prototype consisting of a powered exoskeleton for the lower limbs.
Keywords :
biomechanics; handicapped aids; medical robotics; orthotics; patient rehabilitation; active knee orthosis; gait rehabilitation; mechanical design; pleated pneumatic artificial muscles; powered exoskeleton; proof-of-concept rehabilitation device; step rehabilitation robot; Actuators; Exoskeletons; Knee; Leg; Man machine systems; Mechanical engineering; Muscles; Orthotics; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2007. ICORR 2007. IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428413
