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Gait Rehabilitation Using Biomechanics And Exoskeletons, Jacob Bloom
Gait Rehabilitation Using Biomechanics And Exoskeletons, Jacob Bloom
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A healthy gait is often taken for granted when walking. However, if a stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), or traumatic event occurs the ability to walk may be lost. In order to relearn how to walk, gait rehabilitation is required. Including arm swing in gait rehabilitation has been shown to help in this process. This thesis presents two tasks to investigate the mechanics of arm swing and ways to provide assistance to induce arm swing in gait rehabilitation.
The firsts task completed was a study on the effects of forearm movement during gait. Twelve healthy subjects walked under three conditions …