Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy

Carlos A. Cifuentes; Cristina Bayon; Sergio Lerma; Anselmo Frizera; Luis Rodriguez; Eduardo Rocon

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_238

Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy

Carlos A. Cifuentes^*, Cristina Bayon, Sergio Lerma, Anselmo Frizera, Luis Rodriguez, Eduardo Rocon

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Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common cause of permanent serious physical disability in childhood. New strategies are needed to help promote, maintain, and rehabilitate the functional capacity of children with severe level of impairment. The main objective of this work is to present a Human-Robot interaction strategy for overground rehabilitation to support novel robotic-based therapies for CP rehabilitation. This strategy is implemented in a new Wearable Robotic Walker named CPWalker. In our approach, legs’ kinematics information obtained from a Laser Range Finder (LRF) sensor is used to detect the user’s locomotion intentions and drive the robotic platform. During a preliminary validation we observed that this approach enabled the robot to continuously follow the human velocity and provided body weight support during gait.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain
Editors	Jaime Ibáñez, José González-Vargas, José María Azorín, Metin Akay, Metin Akay, José Luis Pons
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1451-1455
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319466699
ISBN (Print)	9783319466682
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_238
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Event	3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016): Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II - Centro de Congresos y Convenciones Guardia de Corps, Segovia, Spain Duration: 18 Oct 2016 → 21 Oct 2016 Conference number: 3 http://www.icnr2016.org/

Publication series

Name	Biosystems and Biorobotics
Volume	15
ISSN (Print)	2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-3570

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016)
Abbreviated title	ICNR2016
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Segovia
Period	18/10/16 → 21/10/16
Internet address	http://www.icnr2016.org/

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Cifuentes, C. A., Bayon, C., Lerma, S., Frizera, A., Rodriguez, L., & Rocon, E. (2017). Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy. In J. Ibáñez, J. González-Vargas, J. M. Azorín, M. Akay, M. Akay, & J. L. Pons (Eds.), Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain (pp. 1451-1455). (Biosystems and Biorobotics; Vol. 15). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_238

Cifuentes, Carlos A. ; Bayon, Cristina ; Lerma, Sergio et al. / Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain. editor / Jaime Ibáñez ; José González-Vargas ; José María Azorín ; Metin Akay ; Metin Akay ; José Luis Pons. Cham : Springer, 2017. pp. 1451-1455 (Biosystems and Biorobotics).

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Cifuentes, CA, Bayon, C, Lerma, S, Frizera, A, Rodriguez, L & Rocon, E 2017, Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy. in J Ibáñez, J González-Vargas, JM Azorín, M Akay, M Akay & JL Pons (eds), Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain. Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 15, Springer, Cham, pp. 1451-1455, 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), Segovia, Spain, 18/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_238

Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy. / Cifuentes, Carlos A.; Bayon, Cristina; Lerma, Sergio et al.

Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain. ed. / Jaime Ibáñez; José González-Vargas; José María Azorín; Metin Akay; Metin Akay; José Luis Pons. Cham : Springer, 2017. p. 1451-1455 (Biosystems and Biorobotics; Vol. 15).

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Cifuentes CA, Bayon C, Lerma S, Frizera A, Rodriguez L, Rocon E. Wearable Robotic Walker for Gait Rehabilitation and Assistance in Patients with Cerebral Palsy. In Ibáñez J, González-Vargas J, Azorín JM, Akay M, Akay M, Pons JL, editors, Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain. Cham: Springer. 2017. p. 1451-1455. (Biosystems and Biorobotics). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_238

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