Effect of Pelvic Movement on Healthy Subjects during Gait Training Using a Gait Rehabilitation System

Choonghyun Son, Hyunsik Moon, Daeeun Kim, Min Ho Chun, Seungjong Kim, Junho Choi

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    Abstract

    Rapidly aging society faces with increases in neurological disorders including stroke. Hemiplegia, which is one of the common sequelae due to stroke, causes difficulties in activities of daily living. As the number of stroke patients grows, demands for gait training increases, where robotic gait training systems are necessary. A robotic gait training system, called 'COWALK-I,' is designed to provide pelvic motion on the transverse plane as well as leg motions in the sagittal plane during gait training sessions. The pelvic motion allows weight-shifting as well as more natural gait patterns during gait training. In this research, effect of the pelvic motion during waking in the COWALK-I system is studied. Interaction force between the healthy subjects and the COWALK-I and electromyography(EMG) sensor data are measured. The average interaction forces did not show significant difference while each subject exhibited diverse patterns. The EMG signals shows that more activation of rectus femoris and less activation of gastrocnemius and gluteus medius.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages2475-2478
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538636466
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Oct 26
    Event40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018 - Honolulu, United States
    Duration: 2018 Jul 182018 Jul 21

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
    Volume2018-July
    ISSN (Print)1557-170X

    Other

    Other40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2018
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityHonolulu
    Period18/7/1818/7/21

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    *This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Institutional Program(Project no. 2V05840) Choonghyun Son, Hyunsik Moon, Seungjong Kim, and Junho Choi are with the Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea {ch.son, hyunsik312, sjongkim, junhochoi}@kist.re.kr Daeeun Kim is with Department of Electrical and Electonic Engineering, Yonsei university [email protected] Min Ho CHun is with Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea [email protected]

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2018 IEEE.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Signal Processing
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
    • Health Informatics

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