Understanding and quantifying gait and balance quality to improve therapy of gait disorders
We will quantify gait and balance quality to improve therapy of gait disorders. We will define gait parameters (motion capture) and electromyographic activity of subjects with and without neurological movement impairments during walking with an in-house developed gait robot Lokomat, as well as using standard clinical gait assessments. The outcome parameter will be the movement ability of an individual expressed as a percent of optimal movement. Based on the model simulations an optimal training strategy will then be suggested. The collection of these training strategies will be integrated into an expert system for the support of the therapist.