Demonstration of Ankle Clonus by the Leg-Robot, a Leg-shaped Haptics Simulator of Patients for the Purpose of Educational Training of Physical Therapy and its Performance Evaluation by Students of School of Physical Therapy

Abstract

We have developed the Leg-Robot, a leg-shaped haptic simulator of patients with any nerve disease for the purpose of educational training of physical therapy. In this paper, we suggest a control method to demonstrate ankle clonus with the Leg-Robot and evaluate its performance by students of school of physical therapy. According to the comparison of the experimental results of young students and a matured physical therapist, we were able to find obvious differences between their manners of manual tests.