Walking assistance apparatus enabled for neuro-rehabilitation of patients and its effectiveness

• TANAKA Eiichirou

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

• MURAMATSU Keiichi

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

• WATANUKI Keiichi

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

• SAEGUSA Shozo

  Faculty of Business Administration, Shujitsu University

• YUGE Louis

  Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University

抄録

We developed a walking assistance apparatus which can be used for neuro-rehabilitation of patients. This apparatus assists only the ankle joints of the equipped person while walking. The apparatus attaches the motor on the waist of the equipped person and the flexible shaft transmits the torque of the motor to the self lock less worm gear on the ankle joint. By using this apparatus, the dorsiflexion and plantarflexion of the ankle joint of the equipped patients could be increased while walking. Therefore, the heel contact could be recovered and stumbling could be prevented. Furthermore, the length of the stride of the equipped patients was increased and the posture was raised according to gait training with the apparatus. We found that this apparatus can improve the gait of the equipped person while walking.

収録刊行物

• Mechanical Engineering Letters

  Mechanical Engineering Letters 1 (0), 15-00530-15-00530, 2015

  一般社団法人 日本機械学会

キーワード

• Walking assistance
• Worm gear
• Neuro-rehabilitation
• Gait training
• Stretch reflex

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680739718656
• NII論文ID: 130005114964
• DOI: 10.1299/mel.15-00530
• ISSN: 21895236
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mel/1/0/1_15-00530/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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