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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART H-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE
Volume 229, Issue 6, Pages 452-463Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0954411915585597
Keywords
Rehabilitation robots; human foot and ankle; platform-based robots; wearable robots
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- Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education under Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS) [ERGS/1/2012/TK02/MUSM/03/2]
- Malaysia Ministry of Science, Technology and Information under eScience [06-02-10-SF0264]
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Ankle rehabilitation robots are developed to enhance ankle strength, flexibility and proprioception after injury and to promote motor learning and ankle plasticity in patients with drop foot. This article reviews the design elements that have been incorporated into the existing robots, for example, backdrivability, safety measures and type of actuation. It also discusses numerous challenges faced by engineers in designing this robot, including robot stability and its dynamic characteristics, universal evaluation criteria to assess end-user comfort, safety and training performance and the scientific basis on the optimal rehabilitation strategies to improve ankle condition. This article can serve as a reference to design robot with better stability and dynamic characteristics and good safety measures against internal and external events. It can also serve as a guideline for the engineers to report their designs and findings.
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