Development of walking support system with the ankle controllable ankle foot orthosis and inspection by clinical evaluation

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350677
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Bukkyo University
• Principal Investigator: TANIDA SOSUKE 佛教大学, 保健医療技術学部, 講師 (20584494)
• Research Collaborator: FUJIKAWA TAKAMITSU 佛教大学, 保健医療技術学部, 教授 (10388697)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: リハビリテーション工学 / 福祉工学 / 歩行支援 / 短下肢装具

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to improve a walking support system by the controllable ankle foot orthosis (i-AFO) which can control an ankle, and to inspect these by clinical evaluations. Results of research are to have collected walking data by using the instrumentation system which we developed newly. By using these walking data that we got, we made an optimal ankle control model of i-AFO. In clinical evaluations, as for the patient who attached i-AFO, the automatic control of the ankle was enabled in various walking speed. We developed a practical new walking support device.

Free Research Field

人間医工学，リハビリテーション科学・福祉工学