Clinical evaluation of a low-cost robot for use in physiotherapy and gait training:

Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering

MarianaVolpini¹ 

关键词: Cerebral palsy;    physiotherapy;    spatiotemporal gait parameters;    robotic-assisted gait training;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2055668316688410

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRobotic-assisted gait training, a viable and promising therapeutic option for neurological rehabilitation, is not widely adopted in developing countries because of its high cost. In this paper, we describe the concept and construction of a low-cost robot prototype to restore walking ability in children with neurological dysfunction.MethodsThe proposed robot consists of an orthosis, a treadmill, a body weight support system and two ankle guidance systems that move the ankles along a physiological kinematic trajectory. The spatiotemporal gait parameters of 60 children with typical development and children with cerebral palsy (aged 7–10 years) were obtained through clinical tests and compared with those provided by the robot.ResultsThe robotic orthosis presents normative values for stride length, step length and cadence during the typical development of children’s gait speed and allows speed adjustments according to the degree of neuromotor impairment.ConclusionThe results evidence the high feasibi...

【 授权许可】

CC BY