Abstract
Stroke patients often walk with hemiplegic gait which are compensated by asymmetric gait patterns with high risk of falling. Recent emerging powered lower limb exoskeleton technologies enabled high-intensity over-ground gait training with repetitive active assistance and appropriate feedback to the lower limb, which was believed to enhance neuroplasticity for gait recovery. This chapter reviewed the published studies on powered exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation of post-stroke population. Few of the existing devices were designed specifically for stroke rehabilitation and most devices only had passive assistance at ankle joint. Development of actively powered ankle–foot-orthosis (AFO) was limited by their weight, portability, and power requirement. To facilitate the translation of powered exoskeleton from laboratory to clinical application, the authors introduced the Wearable Exoskeleton Lower Limb (WELL) specially designed for stroke rehabilitation. Detail for how the mechanical, electronic, and control design relevant to clinical application were discussed.
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