A powered ankle-foot orthoses for ankle rehabilitation

Yang Bai*, Fangxing Li, Jun Zhao, Jingyi Li, Fei Jin, Xueshan Gao

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Abstract

Ankle rehabilitation training becomes a tough question for the patients with ankle joint injuries especially with the hemiplegia after stroke. Here a novel powered ankle-foot orthoses which can provide ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion assistant using electric motor is proposed in this paper. The mechanical structure of the orthoses including wearing parts, ankle joint hinged part, driving unit, transmission mechanism and sensing units is mainly described. In order to obtain the ankle's moment-angle relationship, the dynamics model of the ankle-foot is established. In addition, for the motor control of ankle-foot orthoses, motion path is planned based on the human walking gait and the simulation. This study provides a new method for ankle-foot orthoses design and has great significance for ankle rehabilitation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2012
Pages288-293
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2012 - Zhengzhou, China
Duration: 15 Aug 201217 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL
ISSN (Print)2161-8151

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, ICAL 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityZhengzhou
Period15/08/1217/08/12

Keywords

  • Ankle-foot orthoses
  • Dynamics analysis
  • Mechanical design
  • gait planning

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