Development of 2-channel Gait Assist Electrical Stimulator for Hemiplegia

Yoshihiro Muraoka

doi:10.11499/sicep.2002.0.448.0

SICE Annual Conference 2002

DOI https://doi.org/10.11499/sicep.2002.0.448.0

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Host: The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Co-host: IEEE/Industiral Electronic Society, IEEE/Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE/Control System Society

Development of 2-channel Gait Assist Electrical Stimulator for Hemiplegia

Yoshihiro Muraoka

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Keywords: Electrical Stimulation, Electromyogram (EMG), Hemiplegia, dorsiflexion, extorsion

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Abstract

Some stroke patients cannot dorsiflex and extorse their ankle joints in the swing phase during gait. As a result, their gaits show abnormal. In this study, 2-channels gait assist electrical stimulator was developed. It delivered electrical stimulations to tibialis anterior muscle (TA) and common peroneal nerve in proportion to the electromyogram of TA in order to dorsiflex with extorsion properly.

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