Preliminary developments towards closed-loop FES-assistance of posture and gait

Christine Azevedo Coste (1) , Benoît Sijobert (1) , Jérome Froger (2) , Charles Fattal (3)

1 DEMAR - Artificial movement and gait restoration
2 EuroMov - Euromov
3 PROPARA - Centre Mutualiste de Réeducation Neurologique Propara

This article presents ongoing developments in our team to establish coordination between upper and lower limbs in FES-assisted posture and gait. The approach is described from a theoretical and technical aspect and preliminary experimental results are presented. The proposed solution is based on a Body Area Network embedding sensor and actuator (electrical stimulators) nodes. We illustrate preliminary results in two main applications: gait assistance in post-stroke hemiplegia and sit-to-stand transfer in complete paraplegia.

Mots clés: Control systems; Neuro-prosthetics; Rehabilitation robotics; Rehabilitation engineering

Domaines: Biotechnologie

Christine Azevedo Coste, Benoît Sijobert, Jérome Froger, Charles Fattal. Preliminary developments towards closed-loop FES-assistance of posture and gait. 9th IFAC Symposium on Biological and Medical Systems (BMS), Aug 2015, Berlin, Germany. pp.333-337, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.10.161⟩. ⟨lirmm-01203639⟩