@inproceedings{119465d6ea4043f79a5af0355d515a21,
title = "Robot assisted gait training with active leg exoskeleton (ALEX)",
abstract = "Gait training of stroke survivors can help in retraining their muscles and improving their gait pattern. Robot assisted gait training (RAGT) was developed for stroke survivors using ALEX and force-field controller, which use assist-as-needed paradigm for rehabilitation. In this paradigm undesirable gait motion is resisted and assistance is provided towards the desirable motion. The force-field controller achieves this paradigm by applying forces at the foot of the subject. Two stroke survivors participated in a 15-day gait training study each with ALEX. The results show that by the end of the training the gait pattern of the patients was improved towards healthy subjects gait pattern. Improvement is seen as increase in the size of the patients' gait pattern, increase in knee and ankle joint excursions and increase in their walking speed on the treadmill.",
keywords = "Force field control, Gait rehabilitation, Rehabilitation robotics",
author = "Banala, \{Sai K.\} and Kim, \{Seok Hun\} and Agrawal, \{Sunil K.\} and Scholz, \{John P.\}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1109/BIOROB.2008.4762885",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424428830",
series = "Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008",
pages = "653--658",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008",
note = "2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008 ; Conference date: 19-10-2008 Through 22-10-2008",
}