Evaluation and Development of a Lower Extremity Exoskeleton

下肢动力外骨骼正在成为一种可行的技术，使脊髓损伤的人能够直立行走并与他们选择的环境互动。这些装置是具有动力髋、膝和/或踝运动的自支撑行走框架，其产生运动并抵抗肢体塌陷。Bionik Laboratories Inc.开发了一种新的加拿大外骨骼（Exolegs），将为脊髓损伤或下肢无力的人提供一种具有成本效益和高功能的设备。本研究将使用新的定量虚拟现实技术和临床康复评估来探索Exolegs的功能，并推进这项技术，使其能够用于后续的行动不便者的临床评估试验，并作为身体康复工具。

Lower extremity powered exoskeletons are emerging as a viable technology that enables people with spinal cord injuries to walk and interact with their chosen environment in an upright position. These devices are self-supporting walking frames with powered hip, knee, and/or ankle movement that create motion and resist limb collapse. Bionik Laboratories Inc. has developed a novel Canadian exoskeleton (Exolegs) that will provide a cost effective and highly functional device for people with spinal cord injuries or lower extremity weakness. This study will use new quantitative virtual reality technology and clinical rehabilitation evaluations to explore Exolegs function and advance this technology so that it can be used in subsequent clinical evaluation trials for people with mobility disabilities and be used as a physical rehabilitation tool.