Abstract
The neurological disorder normally happens to a child’s brain due to injury or malfunction during growth. This primarily affects muscle coordination and body movement. This paper focuses on restoration of cerebral palsy kids using exoskeleton robotic leg (ExRoLEG) device. These include strengthening, walking pattern and walking posture. As a part of rehabilitation, ExRoLEG device aims to achieve early walking independent age compared to conventional methods where the patient undergoes physiotherapy daily to improve their walking pattern. Every factor is considered to avoid risk or failure including materials, safety and user friendly. This study is to use simple and low cost mechanism to serve that purpose. By doing this, every patient can afford the exoskeleton and speed up their recovery.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Adib, M.A.H.M., Han, S.Y., Ramani, P.R., You, L.J., Yan, L.M., Zabudin, N.F., Hasni, N.H.M.: Development of Exoskeleton Robotic Leg (ExRoLEG) for Kids with Cerebral Palsy, Innovative Research and Industrial Dialogue IRID18. UTEM, Malaysia (2018)
Matchar, E.: This Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Kids with Cerebral Palsy Walk Upright Homepage, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-robotic-exoskeleton-helps-kids-cerebral-palsy-walk-upright-180964750/, (2017). Last Accessed 19 July 2018
Cerebral Palsy Guide, Assistive Technology for Limited Clinical Mobility Issues Homepage, https://www.cerebralpalsyguide.com/treatment/mobility-aids/. Last Accessed 19 July 2018
Cerebral Palsy Guidance, Cerebral Palsy and Pain Homepage, https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/associated-disorders/pain/. Last Accessed 19 July 2018
Lerner, Z.F., Damiano, D.L., Bulea, T.C.: A lower-extremity exoskeleton improves knee extension in children with crouch gait from cerebral palsy. Sci. Transl. Med. 9(404), (2017)
Acknowledgements
The support of the University Malaysia Pahang under grant RDU180330 and MedEHiT are gratefully acknowledged. The authors of this paper also would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Nor Shahizan Mohd Redzuan for supporting these research activities.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mohd Adib, M.A.H. et al. (2019). Restoration of Kids Leg Function Using Exoskeleton Robotic Leg (ExRoLEG) Device. In: Md Zain, Z., et al. Proceedings of the 10th National Technical Seminar on Underwater System Technology 2018 . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 538. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3708-6_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3708-6_28
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-3707-9
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-3708-6
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)