On the control of the MIT-Skywalker
Walking impairments are a common sequela of neurological injury, severely affecting the quality of life of both adults and children. Gait therapy is the traditional approach to ameliorate the problem by re-training the nervous system and there have been some attempts to mechanize such approach....
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| author | Artemiadis, Panagiotis Krebs, Hermano Igo |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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| description | Walking impairments are a common sequela of
neurological injury, severely affecting the quality of life of both
adults and children. Gait therapy is the traditional approach to
ameliorate the problem by re-training the nervous system and
there have been some attempts to mechanize such approach. In
this paper, we present a novel device to deliver gait therapy,
which, in contrast to previous approaches, takes advantage of
the concept of passive walkers and the natural dynamics of the
lower extremity in order to deliver more “ecological” therapy.
We also discuss the closed-loop control scheme, which enables
safe and efficient operation of the device, and present the initial
feasibility tests with unimpaired subjects. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/647282022-09-23T14:24:03Z On the control of the MIT-Skywalker Artemiadis, Panagiotis Krebs, Hermano Igo Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Krebs, Hermano Igo Artemiadis, Panagiotis Krebs, Hermano Igo Walking impairments are a common sequela of neurological injury, severely affecting the quality of life of both adults and children. Gait therapy is the traditional approach to ameliorate the problem by re-training the nervous system and there have been some attempts to mechanize such approach. In this paper, we present a novel device to deliver gait therapy, which, in contrast to previous approaches, takes advantage of the concept of passive walkers and the natural dynamics of the lower extremity in order to deliver more “ecological” therapy. We also discuss the closed-loop control scheme, which enables safe and efficient operation of the device, and present the initial feasibility tests with unimpaired subjects. Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation 2011-06-30T18:53:32Z 2011-06-30T18:53:32Z 2010-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 1557-170X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64728 Artemiadis, P.K., and H.I. Krebs. “On the Control of the MIT-Skywalker.” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2010. 1287-1291. Copyright © 2010, IEEE en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2010.5626407 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference (32nd : 2010 : Buenos Aires, Argentina) EMBC Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE |
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| title_short | On the control of the MIT-Skywalker |
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