Evaluation and modelling of a lower extremity exoskeleton

下肢动力外骨骼正在成为一项可行的技术，它使脊髓损伤的人能够以直立的姿势行走并与他们选择的环境互动。这些设备是自立式步行架，具有动力髋部、膝盖和/或脚踝运动，可以产生运动并防止肢体坍塌。Bionik实验室公司开发了一种新型的加拿大外骨骼(ARKE)，它将为脊髓损伤或下肢无力的患者提供一种成本效益高、功能强大的设备。本研究将利用新的量化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，以便将其用于后续活动障碍患者的临床评估试验，并作为一种物理康复工具。

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 (ARKE) 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.