Title :
Smart walker use for ataxia´s rehabilitation: Case study
Author :
Maria Martins;Cristina P Santos;Anselmo Frizera;Ana Matias;Tânia Pereira;Maria Cotter;Fátima Pereira
Author_Institution :
Algoritmi Center, Minho University, Guimarã
Abstract :
It is important to verify the potential of assistive technology like smart walkers and their long-term effects in rehabilitation therapies. Thus, this study introduced a smart walker in the rehabilitation of an ataxic patient during 3 weeks. His gait pattern and postural stability was acquired and evaluated. Great improvements in gait parameters as well as in postural stability were observed.
Keywords :
"Legged locomotion","Stability analysis","Spatiotemporal phenomena","Training","Silicon","Medical treatment","Sensors"
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
1945-7901
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2015.7281309
