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SUBMITTER: Song Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7038437 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Zhendong Z Chen Wei W Wang Wenbing W Zhang Guoqing G
Journal of healthcare engineering 20200212
This paper proposes a body weight support (BWS) system with a series elastic actuator (SEA) to facilitate walking assistance and motor relearning during gait rehabilitation. This system comprises the following: a mobile platform that ensures movement of the system on the ground, a BWS mechanism with an SEA that is capable of providing the desired unloading force, and a pelvic brace to smooth the pelvis motions. The control of the body weight support is realized by an active weight-offload method ...[more]