Immediate effects of a controllable knee ankle foot orthosis for functional compensation of gait in patients with proximal leg weakness

Juan C. Moreno; Fernando Brunetti; Eduardo Rocon; Jose L Pons

doi:10.1007/s11517-007-0267-x

Immediate effects of a controllable knee ankle foot orthosis for functional compensation of gait in patients with proximal leg weakness

Juan C. Moreno^*, Fernando Brunetti, Eduardo Rocon, Jose L Pons

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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Abstract

Application of intermittent control of the knee joint stiffness in a knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) during gait is proposed. The approach combines inertial sensors and an actuator system in order to apply compensation in quadriceps weakness with a wearable device. Two methods, segment-angular rotation based and segment-angular velocity based, are analysed for the control of the knee joint state (intermittent stiffness) based on the inertial sensors signals. Protocolled tests are developed with two post-polio syndrome patients (PPS). In this study, the cases of gait with free-swinging leg and safe stance with the orthotic system are presented in terms of quantified kinematics (average peak angle of knee flexion of 50°) and evidences of reduction of frequent compensations (e.g. leg lateral movement) in post-polio syndrome patients. The results from immediate inspection indicate an important improvement of the gait patterns in two patients with proximal leg weakness by means of compensations applied by the wearable orthosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	43-53
Number of pages	11
Journal	Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-007-0267-x
State	Published - Jan 2008

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Actuator
Gait
Inertial sensing
Joints disorders
KAFO

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