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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2006.27.5.245

Development of the Gait Rehabilitation Equipment for Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke  

Nam, T.W. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Cho, J.M. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Kim, S.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Lim, J.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.27, no.5, 2006 , pp. 245-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to design and develop the gait rehabilitation equipment that judge patient's movement of his/her center of gravity using pressure sensors, and to aid hemiplegic patients to balance themselves using an automatic stepper that changes the patient's center of gravity. It is hard to bear the weight on the affected side for hemiplegic patients. The gait rehabilitation equipment detects the footing phase of hemiplegic patient during training and moves the unaffected footing side of the stepper up and moves the affected footing side down simultaneously so that the patient's center of gravity can shift from unaffected side to affected side. The gait rehabilitation system was developed and applied for hemiplegic patients during exercise. Eight hemiplegic patients and one normal adult were studied. The developed gait rehabilitation system could judge not only the normal adult's intention but also the patient's intention to move his/her center of gravity. Even though the most of hemiplegic patients exercised in automatic mode and a few hemiplegic patients exercised in manual mode, the developed gait rehabilitation system can aid the hemiplegic patients to train more easily.
Keywords
gait phases detection; hemiplegic patients; gait rehabilitation equipment;
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