A novel knee exoskeleton for overweight person

Saleem, Azizullah and Khan, Md. Raisuddin and Ahmmad, Syed Masrur (2015) A novel knee exoskeleton for overweight person. In: 2015 10th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2015), 31st May- 3rd June 2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

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Abstract

Overweight person experiences 2.9-4.7 times load of the bodyweight at the knee joint during walking. Research has shown that two main muscles which are vastus medial and gastrocnemius muscles contribute to the stressing of the knee joint during walking. In this research a light weight exoskeleton consisting of a frame and a compression spring with mechanisms for adjusting compression of the spring is developed. The research investigated the effectiveness of this exoskeleton compared to knee band by conducting experiment with compression spring deflection set to a suitable value. The result shows that the average percentage reduction of the gastrocnemius muscle activity is more than 50% for both the knee band and exoskeleton

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	3627/50666
Uncontrolled Keywords:	exoskeleton; gastrocnemius; knee band
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Raisuddin Khan
Date Deposited:	16 May 2016 11:01
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2017 11:35
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/50666

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