Walkers are essentially rigid encasing envelopes for the leg that usually immobilize the foot and ankle at a neutral position (or 90 degrees). The patient can walk easiest if the ankle is frozen at 90 degrees.
As a result, many patients jettison the walkers prior to full healing of the leg, foot or ankle, and thus fail to comply with the walker wear instructions. Additional shortcomings are readily found in conventional braces such that the struts (1) may not include readily interchangeable long ...
A model-based neuromechanical controller for a robotic limb having at least one joint includes a finite state machine configured to receive feedback data relating to the state of the robotic limb and to determine the state of the robotic limb, a muscle model processor configured to receive state...
In order to maximize its effect and provide comfortable wear to the user of the walker, it is desirable that a walker securely and precisely fit the leg of the wearer. While walkers are made to generally conform to the geometry of a leg of a wearer, it is common for the geometry of ...