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Development of a Portable Gait Rehabilitation System for Home-Visit Rehabilitation
Joint Authors
Yano, Hiroaki
Tanaka, Naoki
Kamibayashi, Kiyotaka
Saitou, Hideyuki
Iwata, Hiroo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
This paper describes the development of a gait rehabilitation system with a locomotion interface (LI) for home-visit rehabilitation.
For this purpose, the LI should be compact, small, and easy to move.
The LI has two 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) manipulators with footpads to move each foot along a trajectory.
When the user stands on the footpads, the system can move his or her feet while the body remains stationary.
The footpads can have various trajectories, which are prerecordings of the movements of healthy individuals walking on plane surfaces or slopes.
The homes of stroke patients may have not only flat surfaces but also some slopes and staircases.
The quadriceps femoris muscle is important for walking up and down slopes and staircases, and the eccentric and concentric contractions of this muscle are, in particular, difficult to train under normal circumstances.
Therefore, we developed a graded-walking program for the system used in this study.
Using this system, the user can undergo gait rehabilitation in their home, during visits by a physical therapist.
An evaluation of the results of tests showed that the vastus medialis muscles of all the subjects were stimulated more than by walking on real slopes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yano, Hiroaki& Tanaka, Naoki& Kamibayashi, Kiyotaka& Saitou, Hideyuki& Iwata, Hiroo. 2015. Development of a Portable Gait Rehabilitation System for Home-Visit Rehabilitation. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079234
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yano, Hiroaki…[et al.]. Development of a Portable Gait Rehabilitation System for Home-Visit Rehabilitation. The Scientific World Journal No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079234
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yano, Hiroaki& Tanaka, Naoki& Kamibayashi, Kiyotaka& Saitou, Hideyuki& Iwata, Hiroo. Development of a Portable Gait Rehabilitation System for Home-Visit Rehabilitation. The Scientific World Journal. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1079234
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1079234