Effective Gait planning for robotic rehabilitation - From normal gait study to application in clinical rehabilitation

Author

Lim, H.B. ; Hoon, K.H. ; Soh, Y.C. ; Tow, Adela ; Low, K.H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2009

fDate

14-17 July 2009

Firstpage

1885

Lastpage

1890

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a gait generation concept for rehabilitation, namely GaitGen. GaitGen aims to provide objective gait planning for rehabilitation. An established formula of normalized gait parameters has been studied via GAITRite. Thirty subjects are recruited for the GAITRite experiment. L-index is introduced to study the significance of leg length in the modified normalized gait parameters formula. The paper ends with a summary of results, findings, and future works.

Keywords

gait analysis; handicapped aids; legged locomotion; medical robotics; orthotics; path planning; patient rehabilitation; L-index; clinical rehabilitation; gait disability; gait generation concept; gait planning control; leg length; normalized gait parameter formula; robotic orthosis; robotic rehabilitation; Aerospace engineering; Central nervous system; Humans; Injuries; Intelligent robots; Leg; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Rehabilitation robotics; Spinal cord;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2009. AIM 2009. IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2852-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIM.2009.5229764

Filename

5229764