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https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-8-307-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-8-307-2017
Research article
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17 Oct 2017
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2017

Design and evaluation of a new exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation

Ionut Daniel Geonea and Daniela Tarnita

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A new exoskeleton for human gait motion assistance and rehabilitation is proposed, to investigate motion capabilities and feasibility. Human gait analysis on healthy and disabled subjects is performed to obtain references motion laws for normal gait. A dynamic simulation model of exoskeleton is achieved in ADAMS computational environment. The exoskeleton prototype motion laws, resulted from motion analysis based on ultra speed video cameras are compared with human subject motion laws.