Active Knee Rehabilitation Orthotic Device With Variable Damping Characteristics Implemented via an Electrorheological Fluid

• Published in: IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 952 - 960
• Main Authors: Nikitczuk, Jason, Weinberg, Brian, Canavan, Paul K, Mavroidis, Constantinos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.12.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Acceleration; Active control; Brakes; Damping; Devices; Diseases; Electric variables control; Electrorheological fluids; Electrorheological fluids (ERFs); Injuries; Knee; Knees; Orthotics; Patients; Performance evaluation; Recovery; Rehabilitation; rehabilitation robotics; smart brakes; Torque control; Velocity control

This paper presents a novel, smart, and portable active knee rehabilitation orthotic device (AKROD) that provides variable damping at the knee joint, controlled in ways that can facilitate motor recovery in poststroke and other neurological disease patients, and to accelerate recovery in knee injury...