Major trends in the development of ankle rehabilitation devices

In this paper we review the ankle rehabilitation devices, both those that are already commercially available and those which are in the stage of development in laboratories and research centers. Also, a rehabilitation device is proposed here including reporting results of clinical trials prior to it...

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Autores: Alcocer Rosado, Wilberth, Vela Valdez, Luis Gerardo, Blanco Ortega, Andres, Gonzalez Rubio, Jose Luis, Oliver Salazar, Marco Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:Repositorio UN
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/39330
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/39330
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/29427/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Robotics
ankle rehabilitation
active rehabilitation
mechatronic device.
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Sumario:In this paper we review the ankle rehabilitation devices, both those that are already commercially available and those which are in the stage of development in laboratories and research centers. Also, a rehabilitation device is proposed here including reporting results of clinical trials prior to its availability at a commercial level. At the end of the paper there is a mention about the possibility of developing a rehabilitation ankle machine with some particular features.