Exotendon Orthosis to Improve Mobility for Military Personnel Recovering from Combat-Related Injuries.

摘要

Exotendons may offer an unpowered, low-cost way to reduce the muscular effort required to walk. We have developed a computational model to inform the design of an exotendon system, developed a beta prototype, and have tested the system with healthy human subjects. Walking performance was hindered for healthy subjects using the device. Performance is more likely to be improved for individuals for whom walking is very difficult.