WARD: A pneumatic system for body weight relief in gait rehabilitation
WARD: A pneumatic system for body weight relief in gait rehabilitation
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DOI：
10.1109/86.895954
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2000-12-01
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通讯作者：
Macellari, V
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作者：
Gazzani, F;Fadda, A;Macellari, V
本文介绍了步行辅助和康复装置（WARD），步行康复系统，旨在减轻他/她的体重恒定和规定的量，通过外部支持的对象在上躯干和骨盆水平的装置，通过安全带。该系统是基于一个气动执行器，已被证明是有效的，在保持恒定的救济力。即使在高体重支撑（BWS）条件下（体重的70-80%）也应该保持这种力的恒定性，这似乎对正确的运动模式很重要。已经确定了一个法律，可能是有用的，以调整步行速度作为规定的BWS的函数，WARD是简单的构造，实用的使用，并已在健康受试者的特点。
The paper presents Walking Assistance and Rehabilitation Device (WARD), a system for walking rehabilitation devised to relieve the patient of his/her body weight of a constant and prescribed amount by externally supporting the subject at the upper trunk and pelvis level by means of a harness. The system is based on a pneumatic actuator that has proved to be effective at maintaining a constant relief force. The constancy of this force that should be maintained even under high body weight support (BWS) conditions (70-80% of body weight) seems to be important for a correct motor pattern. A law has been identified that may be useful to adjust walking speed as a function of the prescribed BWS, WARD is simple to construct, practical to use, and has been characterized on healthy subjects.