Technology of the Robotic Gait Orthosis Lokomat
Laura Marchal-Crespoand (University of Bern, TU Delft - Human-Robot Interaction)
Robert Riener (Spinal Cord Injury Center, ETH Zürich)
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Abstract
Rehabilitation robots allow for longer and more intensive locomotor training than that achieved by conventional therapies. Robot-assisted gait training also offers the possibility to provide objective haptic, visual, and auditory feedback to the patients and/or therapists within one training session and to monitor functional improvements over time. This chapter provides an overview of the technical approach for one of the most widely used systems known as “Lokomat” including features such as hip abduction/adduction actuation, cooperative control strategies, assessment tools, and augmented feedback. These special technical functions may be capable of further enhancing training quality, training intensity, and patient participation.