A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation

Arlindo Elias-Neto; Ana Cecilia Villa-Parra; Thomaz Botelho; A. Frizera-Neto; Teodiano Bastos-Filho

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_147

A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation

Arlindo Elias-Neto, Ana Cecilia Villa-Parra, Thomaz Botelho, A. Frizera-Neto, Teodiano Bastos-Filho

Biomedical Engineering Research Group (GIIB)

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Abstract

The use of robotic lower-limb exoskeletons for rehabilitation of individuals with motor impairments is currently a tendency in several research groups, as they can be used to improve therapies in many applications in the field of physiotherapy. The main reasons are that they are safe, allow accurately controlling the range of movement of the individual’s lower-limbs, and can vary their speed and torque to make the movements, according to physiotherapist instructions. This work introduces the exoskeleton ALLOR (Advanced Lower Limb Orthoses for Rehabilitation), which was developed at UFES/Brazil, and presents an experimental protocol to be applied to rehabilitation of individuals with motor impairments. The proposed protocol is progressive and explores the different control strategies implemented in ALLOR: passive, mobilization, assisted, active and resisted, which are suitable for individual’s rehabilitation in three scenarios addressed in this work: stroke, total knee arthroplasty, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Clinical and functional parameters are also proposed to assess improvements in motion characteristics and its impact over general quality of life, locomotion and pain in the individuals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering - Proceedings of CLAIB-CNIB 2019
Editors	César A. González Díaz, Christian Chapa González, Eric Laciar Leber, Hugo A. Vélez, Norma P. Puente, Dora-Luz Flores, Adriano O. Andrade, Héctor A. Galván, Fabiola Martínez, Renato García, Citlalli J. Trujillo, Aldo R. Mejía
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1130-1136
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030306472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_147
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Event	8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and the 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering, CLAIB-CNIB 2019 - Cancún, Mexico Duration: 2 Oct 2019 → 5 Oct 2019

Publication series

Name	IFMBE Proceedings
Volume	75
ISSN (Print)	1680-0737
ISSN (Electronic)	1433-9277

Conference

Conference	8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and the 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering, CLAIB-CNIB 2019
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancún
Period	2/10/19 → 5/10/19

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Funding Information:
Authors would like to thank FAPES/Brazil (218/2017) for supporting this research.

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© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Lower-limb rehabilitation
Protocol
Robotic exoskeleton

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Elias-Neto, A., Villa-Parra, A. C., Botelho, T., Frizera-Neto, A., & Bastos-Filho, T. (2020). A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation. In C. A. González Díaz, C. Chapa González, E. Laciar Leber, H. A. Vélez, N. P. Puente, D-L. Flores, A. O. Andrade, H. A. Galván, F. Martínez, R. García, C. J. Trujillo, & A. R. Mejía (Eds.), 8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering - Proceedings of CLAIB-CNIB 2019 (pp. 1130-1136). (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 75). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_147

Elias-Neto, Arlindo ; Villa-Parra, Ana Cecilia ; Botelho, Thomaz et al. / A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation. 8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering - Proceedings of CLAIB-CNIB 2019. editor / César A. González Díaz ; Christian Chapa González ; Eric Laciar Leber ; Hugo A. Vélez ; Norma P. Puente ; Dora-Luz Flores ; Adriano O. Andrade ; Héctor A. Galván ; Fabiola Martínez ; Renato García ; Citlalli J. Trujillo ; Aldo R. Mejía. Springer, 2020. pp. 1130-1136 (IFMBE Proceedings).

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A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation. / Elias-Neto, Arlindo; Villa-Parra, Ana Cecilia; Botelho, Thomaz et al.
8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering - Proceedings of CLAIB-CNIB 2019. ed. / César A. González Díaz; Christian Chapa González; Eric Laciar Leber; Hugo A. Vélez; Norma P. Puente; Dora-Luz Flores; Adriano O. Andrade; Héctor A. Galván; Fabiola Martínez; Renato García; Citlalli J. Trujillo; Aldo R. Mejía. Springer, 2020. p. 1130-1136 (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 75).

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Elias-Neto A, Villa-Parra AC, Botelho T, Frizera-Neto A, Bastos-Filho T. A Robotic Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation. In González Díaz CA, Chapa González C, Laciar Leber E, Vélez HA, Puente NP, Flores D-L, Andrade AO, Galván HA, Martínez F, García R, Trujillo CJ, Mejía AR, editors, 8th Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 42nd National Conference on Biomedical Engineering - Proceedings of CLAIB-CNIB 2019. Springer. 2020. p. 1130-1136. (IFMBE Proceedings). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_147

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