3P2-C03 Artificial muscle driven type dorsiflexion support RT that combines the rocker function and high dorsiflexion(Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics)

There is symptom of foot drop that caused by peripheral neuropathy or hemiplegia. This symptom is that ankle state is plantar flexion in swing phase of walking. As a result, accidents such as overturning or stumbling occur. Ankle foot orthosis is used at present for this. However, ankle foot orthosis conventional used in the foot drop patients leads to a bad gait because insufficient dorsiflexion assistance is not made in the swing phase. In addition, orthosis in consideration for the locker function are not many. Therefore, we developed a dorsiflexion support RT to perform dorsiflexion assistance in accordance with the foot sole sensor consideration for rocker function in this study.