TY - GEN
T1 - Pediatric anklebot
AU - Krebs, Hermano I.
AU - Rossi, Stefano
AU - Kim, Seung Jae
AU - Artemiadis, Panagiotis K.
AU - Williams, Dustin
AU - Castelli, Enrico
AU - Cappa, Paolo
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper we present the alpha-prototype of a novel pediatric ankle robot. This lower-extremity robotic therapy module was developed at MIT to aid recovery of ankle function in children with cerebral palsy ages 5 to 8 years old. This lower-extremity robotic module will commence pilot testing with children with cerebral palsy at Blythedale Childrens Hospital (Valhalla, NY), Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital (Rome, Italy), Riley Children's Hospital (Indianapolis, IN). Its design follows the same guidelines as our upper-extremity robots and adult anklebot designs, i.e. it is a low friction, backdriveable device with intrinsically low mechanical impedance. We show the ankle robot characteristics and stability range. We also present pilot data with healthy children to demonstrate the potential of this device.
AB - In this paper we present the alpha-prototype of a novel pediatric ankle robot. This lower-extremity robotic therapy module was developed at MIT to aid recovery of ankle function in children with cerebral palsy ages 5 to 8 years old. This lower-extremity robotic module will commence pilot testing with children with cerebral palsy at Blythedale Childrens Hospital (Valhalla, NY), Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital (Rome, Italy), Riley Children's Hospital (Indianapolis, IN). Its design follows the same guidelines as our upper-extremity robots and adult anklebot designs, i.e. it is a low friction, backdriveable device with intrinsically low mechanical impedance. We show the ankle robot characteristics and stability range. We also present pilot data with healthy children to demonstrate the potential of this device.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975410
DO - 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975410
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 22275613
AN - SCOPUS:80055039586
SN - 9781424498628
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
BT - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2011 - Rehab Week Zurich 2011
T2 - Rehab Week Zurich 2011 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2011
Y2 - 27 June 2011 through 1 July 2011
ER -