A pneumatically powered knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) with myoelectric activation and inhibition
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- 23 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
- Vol. 6 (1), 23
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-6-23
Abstract
The goal of this study was to test the mechanical performance of a prototype knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) powered by artificial pneumatic muscles during human walking. We had previously built a powered ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) and used it effectively in studies on human motor adaptation, locomotion energetics, and gait rehabilitation. Extending the previous AFO to a KAFO presented additional challenges related to the force-length properties of the artificial pneumatic muscles and the presence of multiple antagonistic artificial pneumatic muscle pairs.Keywords
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