Effectiveness of the LOwer Extremity Powered ExoSkeleton (LOPES) Robotic Gait Trainer on Ability and Quality of Walking in SCI Patients

Fleerkotte, Bertine M.; Buurke, J.H.; Koopman, Bart; Schaake, Leendert; Kooij, Herman van der; Asseldonk, Edwin H.F. van; Rietman, Johan Swanik

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_26

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“…Clinical study: Similar to CDRRs for the upper limb rehabilitation, the clinical study of CDRRs for the lower limb rehabilitation has received very limited attention. Only a few CDRRs, LOPES [107], Soft Exosuit [108], String Man [106], Locomotor [109], and TPAD [110] were able to support their findings with clinical studies. The LOPES [107] carried out the clinical study with ten patients, and significant improvement in the rehabilitation process was reported.…”

Section: B Cable-driven Robots For Lower Limbsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Only a few CDRRs, LOPES [107], Soft Exosuit [108], String Man [106], Locomotor [109], and TPAD [110] were able to support their findings with clinical studies. The LOPES [107] carried out the clinical study with ten patients, and significant improvement in the rehabilitation process was reported. The Soft Exosuit [108] performed the clinical study with three patients, and showed a satisfactory performance in clinical trial.…”

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confidence: 95%

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Cable Driven Rehabilitation Robots: Comparison of Applications and Control Strategies

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Significant attention has been paid to robotic rehabilitation using various types of actuator and power transmission. Amongst those, cable driven rehabilitation robots (CDRRs) are relatively newer and their control strategies have been evolving in recent years. CDRRs offer several promising features, such as low inertia, lightweight, high payload-to-weight ratio, large work-space and configurability. In this paper, we categorize and review the cable driven rehabilitation robots in three main groups concerning their applications for upper limb, lower limb, and waist rehabilitation. For each group, target movements are identified, and promising designs of CDRRs are analyzed in terms of types of actuators, controllers and their interactions with human. Particular attention has been given to robots with verified clinical performance in actual rehabilitation settings. A large part of this paper is dedicated to comparing the control strategies and techniques of CDRRs under five main categories of: Impedance-based, PID-based, Admittance-based, Assist-as-needed (AAN) and Adaptive controllers. We have carefully contrasted the advantages and disadvantages of those methods with the aim of assisting the design of future CDRRs.

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Section: B Cable-driven Robots For Lower Limbsmentioning

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Section: B Cable-driven Robots For Lower Limbsmentioning

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Cable Driven Rehabilitation Robots: Comparison of Applications and Control Strategies

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“…These tests can give quantitative assessment of walking in the exoskeleton, thus minimizing subjective distortion of the results. In accordance with the review devoted to the method of estimation of functional outcomes in patients with paraparesis of lower extremities, three tests are believed to be optimal tools of the assessment: Timed Up and Go (TUG), Six-Minute Walk Test (6 MWT), Ten-Meter Walk Test (10 MWT) [73,76].…”

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Principles of Efficiency and Safety Assessment in Using Exoskeletons for Patients with Lower Limb Paralyses (Review)

Rukina¹,

Кузнецов²,

Борзиков³

et al. 2016

Sovrem Tehnol Med

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In rehabilitation of patients who have lost their ability to move independently due to the paralysis of lower limbs, using exoskeletons is a perspective direction. In recent years a great number of robotic devices improving walking of people with lower paraparesis have been developed. However, their comparison is hindered since there are no standardized approaches to the assessment of their efficiency and safety. In this review, general principles of evaluating external robotic devices have been presented, and methods of determining safety and convenience of exoskeleton usage have been analyzed. Assessment of qualitative and quantitative parameters of exoskeletonassisted walking has also been considered. The characteristic of the questionnaires, standard tests and biochemical investigations, which are used in approbation of exoskeletal devices in people with paraplegia has been presented. Possible ways of evaluating energy expenditure when moving in exoskeletons are shown. The need of elaborating a unified evaluation strategy of walking in exoskeletons has been substantiated.Key words: exoskeleton; assessment of walking; approbation of exoskeleton devices; paralysis of the lower limbs.

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“…Gait training robots are LOKOMAT, ALES and LOPES, whereas joint training robots are KNEXO and TEM. 2,19 In recent years, various multifunctional exoskeletons are being developed, whereas some are electric-powered and it saves time and energy of the user. 9,[20][21][22] A LOKOMAT system (Hocoma, Zurich, CH, Switzerland) is a highly intensive physiological gait rehabilitation for severely impaired neurological patients.…”

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Three-dimensional modelling of wheelchair contrived with lower limb exoskeleton for right hemiplegic dysfunction

Nithyaa¹,

Poonguzhali

Vigneshwari

2020

Proc Inst Mech Eng H

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Hemiplegia is a type of paralysis that affects one side of the body due to stroke, characterizing severe weakness or rigid movement. Many people of different age groups are affected by this condition which cannot be completely cured but can be minimized through proper physiotherapy. A continuous and repeated exercise has to be given to the hemiplegic subjects to regain their motor function. To serve this purpose, a three-dimensional model of wheelchair contrived with lower limb exoskeleton is designed and motion analysis is done using SolidWorks. This virtual model of the object is created with the assistance of computer-aided design software. Professionals can be able to do the experiment on what-if scenarios with their three-dimensional designs, which helps to validate their devices and identify any snags with design quality. The pattern of behaviour of lower limb exoskeleton is predicted using SimMechanics in MATLAB.

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Effectiveness of the LOwer Extremity Powered ExoSkeleton (LOPES) Robotic Gait Trainer on Ability and Quality of Walking in SCI Patients

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Cable Driven Rehabilitation Robots: Comparison of Applications and Control Strategies

Cable Driven Rehabilitation Robots: Comparison of Applications and Control Strategies

Principles of Efficiency and Safety Assessment in Using Exoskeletons for Patients with Lower Limb Paralyses (Review)

Three-dimensional modelling of wheelchair contrived with lower limb exoskeleton for right hemiplegic dysfunction

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