Title :
Realizing a posture-based wearable antigravity muscles support system for lower extremities
Author :
Nakamura, Takahiko ; Saito, Kazunari ; Wang, Zhidong ; Kosuge, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution :
Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fDate :
28 June-1 July 2005
Abstract :
In this paper, to support antigravity muscles during stance phase more strongly, we propose a new wearable antigravity muscles support system, which supports antigravity muscles around the knee and hip joint. In this system, a posture-based control algorithm for the device without using biological signals is implemented to the wearable antigravity muscles support device. Experimental results show the potential of this proposed system.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; medical control systems; muscle; hip joint; knee joint; lower extremities; posture-based control algorithm; wearable antigravity muscles support system; Actuators; Control systems; Extremities; Gears; Hip; Humans; Knee; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Rehabilitation robotics;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9003-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501100
