2024-03-04 マサチューセッツ大学アマースト校
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- https://www.umass.edu/news/article/robotic-hip-exoskeleton-shows-promise-helping-stroke-patients-regain-their-stride
- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10400488
ロボット外骨格による非対称な股関節の硬さに対する歩行の適応 Gait Adaptation to Asymmetric Hip Stiffness Applied by a Robotic Exoskeleton
Banu Abdikadirova; Mark Price; Jonaz Moreno Jaram …
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Published:15 January 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2024.3354517
Abstract
Wearable exoskeletons show significant potential for improving gait impairments, such as interlimb asymmetry. However, a more profound understanding of whether exoskeletons are capable of eliciting neural adaptation is needed. This study aimed to characterize how individuals adapt to bilateral asymmetric joint stiffness applied by a hip exoskeleton, similar to split-belt treadmill training. Thirteen unimpaired individuals performed a walking trial on the treadmill while wearing the exoskeleton. The right side of the exoskeleton acted as a positive stiffness torsional spring, pulling the thigh towards the neutral standing position, while the left acted as a negative stiffness spring pulling the thigh away from the neutral standing position. The results showed that this intervention applied by a hip exoskeleton elicited adaptation in spatiotemporal and kinetic gait measures similar to split-belt treadmill training. These results demonstrate the potential of the proposed intervention for retraining symmetric gait.
