Individual adjustments in patient-cooperative robotic gait training

Aims: New human-centered robotic approaches have been developed that can be applied for gait rehabilitation of patients with brain or spinal cord injury. So-called patient-cooperative controllers can take into account the patient's intention and efforts rather than imposing any predefined movement. Audiovisual displays in combination with the robotic device can be used to present a virtual environment and let the patient perform different gait and movement tasks. It is hypothesized that such human-centered robotic approaches can improve patient motivation and the quality of the therapy compared to conventional a…