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Physiological Evaluation of Different Control Modes of Lower Limb Robotic Exoskeleton H2 in Patients with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

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Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 15))

Abstract

Gait rehabilitation robots are of increasing importance in neurorehabilitation. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of Exo-H2 on metabolic cost in patients with incomplete SCI while walking with two control modes, compared with unassisted walking. Three patients with incomplete SCI participated in the study and three walking tests were conducted in randomized order with two control modes and unassisted gait while recording the oxygen consumption and prior and after blood pressure, heart rate, VAS of pain and fatigue was obtained. As conclusion, our results suggest that the gait robotic assistance with Exo-H2 is more physiological when is selected compliant mode.

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Acknowledgments

This research has been supported by the European Commission 7th Framework Program as part of the BioMot project (FP7-ICT-2013-10, Grant Agreement no. 611695) and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain, Carlos III Institute of Health, grant PI15/01437.

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  1. Biomechanics and Technical Aids Unit, National Hospital for Paraplegics (SESCAM), Toledo, Spain

    Soraya Pérez-Nombela, Antonio J. del-Ama, Elisa Piñuela-Martín, Vicente Lozano-Berrio, Diego Serrano-Muñoz & Ángel Gil-Agudo

  2. Neural Rehabilitation Group, Cajal Institute, National Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain

    Guillermo Asín-Prieto, José L. Pons & Juan C. Moreno

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  1. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  2. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  3. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain

    José María Azorín

  4. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

    Metin Akay

  5. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Pérez-Nombela, S. et al. (2017). Physiological Evaluation of Different Control Modes of Lower Limb Robotic Exoskeleton H2 in Patients with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_58

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