Device Design of Ankle Joint Stretching System Controlled by the Healthy Side Ankle Joint Movement for Self-Rehabilitation

Hideki Toda, Hiroaki Kawamoto

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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An ankle joint stretching device controlled by healthy-side ankle movements was developed for self-rehabilitation. Physical therapists treat their patients to prevent a subject ankle joint’s contracture and improve their walking function. However, sufficient rehabilitation therapy cannot be performed because of the labor demands of ankle joint rehabilitation. There has long been a demand for a self-rehabilitation system to reduce the amount of labor required, with the rehabilitation system operated by a physical therapist using a machine. Self-rehabilitation has not yet been realized. By stretching the affected ankle through the movement of the ankle on the healthy side, a self-rehabilitation device that can be used according to the will of the patient can be developed. An experiment confirmed that the device can realize affected-side ankle joint stretching by moving a foot plate connected to a linear actuator using the angle of the healthy-side ankle joint as a trigger. Ankle joint rotation angles of the affected and healthy sides were measured using two acceleration sensors. Compared with the previ-ously used button-push-type control, healthy-side control can realize a smooth and stable affected-side sole-pushing procedure. The proposed system, which does not require operation by a physical therapist during treatment, makes self-rehabilitation of the ankle joint possible.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)556-564
ページ数9
ジャーナルJournal of Robotics and Mechatronics
35
3
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2023/06

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • コンピュータサイエンス一般
  • 電子工学および電気工学

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