Walking Assist for Spinocerebellar Degeneration Patients using Robotic wear curara

Abstract

This paper presents the verification results of walking assist with robotic wear curara for spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) patients. The curara assists their walking on the basis of the synchronization control method using a neural oscillator. In this study, we verified the outcome of the walking assist from the results of the harmonic ratio (HR) that is an index to assess the smooth motion and the stability of walking. Through the verification tests, the SCD patient's walk using the curara showed the statistical significance of the result of HR compared with the patient's walk without using it.