814 Experimental Evaluation on Development of the Ankle Foot Orthosis Using Energy Regeneration

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012.50 (0) ◽  
pp. 81401-81402
Author(s):  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Kazunari KANAZAWA ◽  
Hirotaka KAWANABE ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liberty Deberg ◽  
Masood Taheri Andani ◽  
Milad Hosseinipour ◽  
Mohammad Elahinia

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) provide compact and effective actuation for a variety of mechanical systems. In this work, the distinguished superelastic behavior of these materials is utilized to develop a passive ankle foot orthosis to address the drop foot disability. Design, modeling, and experimental evaluation of an SMA orthosis employed in an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) are presented in this paper. To evaluate the improvements achieved with this new device, a prototype is fabricated and motion analysis is performed on a drop foot patient. Results are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed orthosis.


Author(s):  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA ◽  
Kazunari Kanazawa ◽  
Hirotaka KAWANABE

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015.53 (0) ◽  
pp. _616-1_-_616-2_ ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei EGUCHI ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Shotaro MURAKAMI ◽  
Hiroki SIKATA

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014.52 (0) ◽  
pp. _501-1_-_501-3_
Author(s):  
Jun YOSHIKADO ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Shohei EGUCHI

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012.50 (0) ◽  
pp. 81001-81002
Author(s):  
Kazunari KANAZAWA ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA ◽  
Hirotaka KAWANABE ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010.48 (0) ◽  
pp. 297-298
Author(s):  
Masaharu SHIMO ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Kazunari KANAZAWA ◽  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (0) ◽  
pp. _611-1_-_611-7_
Author(s):  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA ◽  
Kazunari KANAZAWA ◽  
Hirotaka KAWANABE ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (0) ◽  
pp. _635-1_-_635-5_
Author(s):  
Kyoko SHIBATA ◽  
Yoshio INOUE ◽  
Kazunari Kanazawa ◽  
Hiroki KAMEYAMA

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