Ghaffar, A, Dehghani-Sanij, AA and Xie, SQ (2020) A review of gait disorders in the elderly and neurological patients for robot-assisted training. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 15 (3). pp. 256-270. ISSN 1748-3107
Abstract
Purpose: Ambulation is an important objective for people with pathological gaits. Exoskeleton robots can assist these people to complete their activities of daily living. There are exoskeletons that have been presented in literature to assist the elderly and other pathological gait users. This article presents a review of the degree of support required in the elderly and neurological gait disorders found in the human population. This will help to advance the design of robot-assisted devices based on the needs of the end users.
Methods: The articles included in this review are collected from different databases including Science Direct, Springer Link, Web of Science, Medline and PubMed and with the purpose to investigate the gait parameters of elderly and neurological patients. Studies were included after considering the full texts and only those which focus on spatiotemporal, kinematic and kinetic gait parameters were selected as they are most relevant to the scope of this review. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted.
Results: The meta-analysis report on the spatiotemporal, kinematic and kinetic gait parameters of elderly and neurological patients revealed a significant difference based on the type and level of impairment. Healthy elderly population showed deviations in the gait parameters due to age, however, significant difference is observed in the gait parameters of the neurological patients.
Conclusion: A level of agreement was observed in most of the studies however the review also noticed some controversies among different studies in the same group. The review on the spatiotemporal, kinematics and kinetic gait parameters will provide a summary of the fundamental needs of the users for the future design and development of robotic assistive devices. Implications for rehabilitation The support requirements provide the foundation for designing assistive devices. The findings will be crucial in defining the design criteria for robot assistive devices.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Pathological gait, biomechanics of gait alterations, elderly gait, exoskeleton robots, gait disorders |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Robotics, Autonomous Systems & Sensing (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Systems and Design (iESD) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/S019219/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2019 15:36 |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2020 09:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17483107.2019.1568594 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144186 |