FES Coupled With A Powered Exoskeleton For Cooperative Muscle Contribution In Persons With Paraplegia
| Autor: | Don Truex, Michael Golfarb, Casey Kandilakis, Ryan J. Farris, Clare Hartigan, Spencer A. Murray |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint Powered exoskeleton Walking 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Gait (human) Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans Functional electrical stimulation Exoskeleton Device Spasticity Gait Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injuries Paraplegia business.industry medicine.disease Electric Stimulation Exoskeleton Hip Joint medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | EMBC |
| DOI: | 10.1109/embc.2018.8512810 |
| Popis: | This paper describes the effects of a novel functional electrical stimulation (FES) system which has been integrated in a powered exoskeleton to provide up to 10 channels of stimulation to users with paraplegia via surface electrodes. Experimental data collected from three users with spinal cord injury (SCI) indicate the system reduced the exoskeleton motor torques necessary to perform sit-to-stand transitions in the exoskeleton. All subjects exhibited reduced muscle spasticity immediately after walking in the exoskeleton with FES. Additionally, one subject with stretch-reflex spasms exhibited increased joint excursion and reduced exoskeleton motor torques required to achieve over-ground gait when FES was incorporated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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