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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Balance During Bodyweight Supported and Robot-Assisted Walking

Authors : Eva Swinnen, Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Nina Lefeber, Emma De Keersmaecker, Stieven Henderix, Marc Michielsen, Eric Kerckhofs

Published in: Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Robot-assisted gait rehabilitation improves gait- and balance related outcome measures, but its merit over other gait rehabilitation methods is still insufficiently proven. The trunk and pelvis are important to maintain balance during gait. Despite, scarce research has been presented concerning the importance of the trunk and the pelvis in different types of gait rehabilitation methods. We investigated whether the amount of bodyweight support and the amount of guidance force have an influence on the movements of the trunk and the pelvis during robot-assisted walking (Lokomat-system). The results of this study suggest that walking with the Lokomat-system leads to significant changes in trunk and pelvis movements, which influence the training of the trunk balance during robot-assisted walking. These results should be taken into account in the development of gait rehabilitation robots and gait rehabilitation strategies.

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Metadata
Title
Balance During Bodyweight Supported and Robot-Assisted Walking
Authors
Eva Swinnen
Jean-Pierre Baeyens
Nina Lefeber
Emma De Keersmaecker
Stieven Henderix
Marc Michielsen
Eric Kerckhofs
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01886-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01887-0

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_19