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Title:	Design and experimental evaluation of a low-cost robotic orthosis for gait assistance in subjects with spinal cord injury
Author:	Font Llagunes, Josep Maria; Clos Costa, Daniel; Lugrís Armesto, Urbano; Alonso Sánchez, Francisco Javier; Cuadrado Aranda, Javier
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BIOMEC - Biomechanical Engineering Lab
Abstract:	Robotic gait training after spinal cord injury (SCI) is of high priority to maximize independence and improve the living conditions of these patients. Current rehabilitation robots are expensive and heavy, and are generally found only in the clinic. To overcome these issues, we present the design of a low-cost, low-weight robotic orthosis for subjects with SCI. The paper also presents a preliminary experimental evaluation of the assistive device on a subject with SCI. Results show that gait velocity, stride length and cadence of walking increased (24.11, 7.41 and 15.56 %, respectively) when wearing active orthoses compared to the case with standard passive orthoses.
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria biomèdica -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria biomèdica::Biomecànica -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica -Biomechanics -Biomedical engineering -Mechanical engineering -Biomecànica -Enginyeria biomèdica -Enginyeria mecànica
Rights:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Document type:	Article - Published version Conference Object
Published by:	Springer
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