A Powered Leg Orthosis for Gait Rehabilitation of Motor-Impaired Patients

— This paper describes a powered leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation of patients with walking disabilities. The paper proposes controllers which can apply suitable forces on the leg so that it moves on a desired trajectory. The description of the controllers, simulations and experimental results with the powered orthosis are presented in the paper. Currently, experiments have been performed with a dummy leg in the orthosis. In the coming months, this powered orthosis will be used on healthy subjects and stroke patients.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ICRA
• Authors: Sai K. Banala, Alexander Kulpe, Sunil Kumar Agrawal
• Keywords: ICRA 2007, Paper Proposes Controllers, Powered Leg Orthosis, Powered Orthosis, Robotics