tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa hoc:" A pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis to prevent foot-drop"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis to prevent foot-drop | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Research A pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis to prevent foot-drop Robin Chin1 Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler 1 Eric Loth2 Géza Kogler3 Scott D Manwaring1 Serena N Tyson1 K Alex Shorter1 and Joel N Gilmer1 Open Access Address Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1206 West Green Street Urbana Illinois 61801 USA 2Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 104 South Wright Street Urbana Illinois 61801 USA and 3Clinical Biomechanics Laboratory School of Applied Physiology Georgia Institute of Technology 281 Ferst Drive Atlanta Georgia 30332 USA Email Robin Chin - rchin2@ Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler - ethw@ Eric Loth - loth@ Géza Kogler - geza@ Scott D Manwaring - Serena N Tyson - styson2@ K Alex Shorter - shorter2@ Joel N Gilmer - jgilmer2@ Corresponding author Published 16 June 2009 Received 5 November 2008 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009 6 19 doi l743-0003-6-l9 Accepted 16 June 2009 This article is available from http content 6 l l9 2009 Chin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background A self-contained self-controlled pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis PhAFO to manage foot-drop was developed and tested. Foot-drop is due to a disruption of the motor control pathway and may occur in numerous pathologies such as stroke spinal cord injury multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy. The objectives for the prototype PhAFO are to provide toe clearance during swing permit free ankle motion .