rehabilitation exoskeleton E-helper

Exoskeleton «E-Helper» is designed taking into account current trends in medical rehabilitation, assistive technologiesand adaptation of the complex to the anthropomorphic measurement of the patient. Medical exoskeletons are intendedfor rehabilitation of patients after temporary disability of lower limbs.. Based on modern data, regenerative and compensatoryprocesses in the CNS (due to stroke or trauma etc.) are maintained due to a biological phenomenon of neural plasticity.

• NEURAL PLASTICITY IS THE ABILITY OF CNS TO STRUCTURALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY REORGANIZE

NEURONAL ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS

Multiple studies have demonstrated the possibility of activation

of neural plasticity processes in patients with balance and gait

disorders due to boosting of the afferent flow from paretic

extremities. Regular, lengthy, and targeted training can ensure

adequate and continuous afferent supply. Exorehabilitation

provides that possibility.

What improves the effectiveness of rehabilitation?

– Separate adjustment of motor power for each leg. This

function can be used for rehabilitation of patients with

hemiparesis.

– Initiation of the first step. During physical rehabilitation

it is important to detect even the slightest muscle strain

and to continue the ensuing movement.

– Dynamic evaluation of spasticity. Exoskeleton monitors

the change in power of the electrical motors that provide

movement to the extremities.

EASY TO PUT ON:

– The extremities of the exoskeleton have joints that allow

them to fold out sideways.

Exoskeleton with integrated synchronized FES, EMG and BFB:

– Integrated 8-16 channel functional electrical stimulation

(FEC) system with a convenient location of wires and

electrodes.

– Integrated 8-16 channel electromyography (EMG)

system to assess the inclusion of muscles in the motor

activity process, to assess the dynamics of changes in

process of rehabilitation.

Initiaton of movement is realized by:

– monitoring by the system of pressure exerted by the

patient’s limb on the splint,

– tracking by the system of changes in the position of the

body,

– tracking muscle activity from EMG sensors.

Receiving information for the movement initiation from EMG

sensors is the most accurate way to detect muscle activity. At

the beginning of the restoration of motor activity, when the

impulse reaches the muscle, but there is still no movement,

only with the help of EMG can we identify the emerging pattern

of movement..