FES Gait Re‐education: The Swing Phase Estimation
FES Gait Re‐education: The Swing Phase Estimation
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FES 步态再教育:摆动阶段估计
DOI:
10.1046/j.1525-1403.2003.03019.x
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发表时间:
2003
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通讯作者:
T. Bajd
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作者:
I. Cikajlo;T. Bajd
This paper presents the use of multiple sensors for walking assessment and provision of cognitive feedback during early re‐education of incomplete spinal cord injured (SCI) humans. The paper is focused on the swing phase estimation as an important part of the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) gait re‐education system for incomplete spinal cord injured persons. The proposed sensory system comprises four accelerometers, one gyro placed at the shank of the paretic leg, and two goniometers placed at the knee and ankle joints, respectively. The data from the sensors are input in the mathematical algorithm applied for swing quality estimation. The output from the algorithm is a numerical value. The calculated output is divided into three levels, each defining the swing quality in terms of good, sufficient, and poor. This information is provided to the patient as an auditory signal. The patient is taught to maximize his efforts to improve the quality of walking, that is, to move the more affected leg in a way that will generate the auditory output corresponding to the level “good”.