Active Orthosis For Rehabilitation And Passive Exercise
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Free (open access)
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Volume
4
Pages
10
Published
1997
Size
1,547 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/BIO970191
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
G. Belforte, M. Sorli & L. Gastaldi
Abstract
Starting from an overview of nowadays adopted orthoses and from a healthy man gait analysis, the design characteristics of a new active orthosis had been defined. A particular attention had been paid to limit the device complexity and to its cosmetics. To supply the necessary power for the knee flexion and extension pneumatic actuators had been introduced. In this paper two different solutions of the cylinders forces transmission systems are proposed. 1 Introduction An effective project for a system which helps paraplegics to walk requires a study of their disability characteristics and an analysis of both physiological and psychological problems. From a pathological standpoint there is a close link between the lesion level and the compromised functions [1], wherea
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