Development of an EMG-Controlled Knee Exoskeleton to Assist Home Rehabilitation in a Game Context.

ABSTRACT: As a leading cause of loss of functional movement, stroke often makes it difficult for patients to walk. Interventions to aid motor recovery in stroke patients should be carried out as a matter of urgency. However, muscle activity in the knee is usually too weak to generate overt movements, which poses a challenge for early post-stroke rehabilitation training. Although electromyography (EMG)-controlled exoskeletons have the potential to solve this problem, most existing robotic devices in rehabilitation centers are expensive, technologically complex, and allow only low training intensity. To address these problems, we have developed an EMG-controlled knee exoskeleton for use at home to assist stroke patients in their rehabilitation. EMG signals of the subject are acquired by an easy-to-don

SUBMITTER: Lyu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6718718 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature