B11 機能的電気刺激を併用した対麻痺者用パワーアシスト装具の開発(下肢と福祉機器)

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In the past various methods to restore motor functions in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) have been developed, assistance orthosis which stands up and can walk is developed in this research. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) methods and wearable power assist suits with actuators have been proposed in the areas of medical sciences and engineering respectively. However, complete restoration of motor functions in persons with SCI has still not been successful. In this paper we describe the development of a new hybrid power assist orthosis with FES and actuators for restoration of the lower extremity motor functions in persons with SCI. The main features of the orthosis are the compensation of moment produced by FES and controllability of FES output moment by using actuators. The results prove that the developed orthosis can provide assistance to persons with SCI and also controllability of the variation of output FES moment.
社団法人日本機械学会の論文
2008-11-05