Short-term adaptation elicited by robotic assistant to unilateral leg during locomotion : toward gait recovery for hemiplegic patients

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The purpose of this research was to investigate changes of human walking pattern after walking support to unilateral leg by a robotic gait orthosis. After video recording of normal walking pattern on a treadmill for a baseline measurement, the robotic assistant to the unilateral leg was provided for ten minutes. During normal walking immediately following the robot-assisted walking, a change in extension-flexion range of the hip joint through a step cycle was observed. The range of motion in the hip joint was gradually increased and became to a constant value within one minute. Thus, it was shown that short-term adaptation might be seen during normal walking immediately after the robot-assisted walking.