Title :
Rehabilitation program for exoskeletal leg prosthesis
Author :
Cassatella, G. ; Santamato, A. ; Filoni, S. ; Fiore, P. ; Lanzolla, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Med. & Rehabilitation, Univ. of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Abstract :
Muscle´s tone and muscular force are very important in the rehabilitative treatment of patients with exoskeletal leg prosthesis to increase bipedal posture and velocity gait: few reports cite the employment of isokinetic test and 6MWT in the treatment of this type of patients. These specific instruments are useful for the evaluation of transtibial rather transfemoral amputation patients.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical equipment; gait analysis; patient treatment; bipedal posture; exoskeletal leg prosthesis; gait analysis; isokinetic testing; muscles tone; muscular force; patient rehabilitative treatment; rehabilitation program; Electrical stimulation; Employment; Force; Immune system; Leg; Legged locomotion; Prosthetics;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9336-4
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966771
