Exemplary embodiments of an exercise apparatus are provided, both as a stationary and a portable unit, the exercise apparatus including a base frame, a base plate provided on the base frame, the base plate including a plurality of holes on a top surface of the base plate and configured to rotate with respect to the base frame, a foot plate provided on the base plate, the foot plate including a tapered pin on a bottom surface of the foot plate that can engage with one of the plurality of holes of the base plate, wherein when the tapered pin is engaged to one of the plurality of holes of the base plate, the foot plate and base plate are configured to rotate with respect to the base frame.

A system includes a first support structure which is stationary, a second support structure which is supported by the first support structure for rotation about a first axis of rotation, a first actuation unit having a first motor device, a first output member and a first motion transmission system. The system also includes a second actuation unit having a second motor device, a second output member and a second motion transmission system. The first output member is drivingly connected with the second support structure for rotation about the first axis of rotation. The first motor device is arranged to control, via the first motion transmission system, the rotation of the first output member, along with the second support structure, about the first axis of rotation. The second output member is supported by the second support structure for rotation about a second axis of rotation.

The present invention discloses a connecting rod-type lower limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot, comprising a treadmill, two pneumatic muscle frames, two transmission devices and two lower limb exoskeletons; the pneumatic muscle frame includes a thigh rotating shaft, a calf rotating shaft, a hip joint shaft, pneumatic muscles and a support frame; the transmission device includes a thigh transmission mechanism and a calf transmission mechanism; the thigh transmission mechanism is a parallel four-connecting-rod mechanism composed of a thigh rotating arm, a thigh connecting rod and a thigh skeleton; the calf transmission mechanism includes two four-connecting-rod mechanisms; and the lower limb exoskeleton is connected to the pneumatic muscle frame through the transmission device. Compared with other exoskeleton rehabilitation robots driven by pneumatic muscles, the exoskeleton rehabilitation robot in the present invention, which concentrates all pneumatic muscles in the pneumatic muscle framework, has a simple, compact structure, and is safe and easy to operate.

A walking training apparatus includes a walking assistance apparatus attached to a leg of a user, a first pulling mechanism to pull the leg upward and forward, a controller configured to control the first pulling mechanism so that a vertically-upward component of a pulling force applied by the first pulling mechanism reduces a weight of the walking assistance apparatus, and a joint angle detector disposed in the walking assistance apparatus or an image pickup device to take an image of the leg of the user. The controller is configured to make the first pulling mechanism generate an additional pulling force in addition to the pulling force at a start of forward swinging of the leg or during a swinging period of the leg in a walking motion of the user, by using information detected by at least one of the joint angle detector and the image pickup device.

An improved dual glove exoskeleton system and method for rehabilitation of stroke victims is provided to increase recovery through optic, neural, and muscular stimulation. The proposed approach employs an algorithm that is configured to determine a degree of dysfunction, of certain extremities, and in particular, an upper extremity. During rehabilitation and recovery, the proposed system is designed to monitor a position of a healthy limb and allow a patient to attempt a mirrored position in a damaged limb. The system and method then completes the movement in an assisted-control manner. The system detects how each finger responds individually to the treatment and chooses an exercise program that is appropriate under the circumstances to further assist with rehabilitation.

A treadmill may be configured for gait training and/or therapy with attachable/detachable barriers affixable to a belt and/or with a vertical obstacle module and/or with sensor systems, but without requiring hoists, harnesses, attachments to the treadmill or base, or frame, and/or excessively high treadmill frames, such as those that exceed the height of the person on the treadmill. The barriers on the belt are configured to modify movement of only one foot of a person on the treadmill. The treadmill may use a single, integral belt. Methods of gait training and/or therapy may involve such treadmills without excessive expense and without excessive modification of standard treadmill equipment.

A computer-implemented system may include a treatment device configured to be manipulated by a user while the user is performing a treatment plan, a patient interface. and a computing device configured to: receive treatment data pertaining to the user who uses the treatment device to perform the treatment plan; identify at least one enhanced component using the treatment data; generate an enhanced environment using the at least one enhanced component and the treatment plan; output at least one aspect of the enhanced environment to at least one of the patient interface and another interface; receive subsequent treatment data pertaining to the user; and selectively modify at least one of the enhanced environment and at least one of the at least one aspect of the treatment plan and any other aspect of the treatment plan using the subsequent treatment data.

A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.

Described herein are various embodiments of differential air pressure systems and methods of using and calibration such systems for individuals with impaired mobility. The differential air pressure systems may include an access assist device configured to help a mobility impaired user to stand in a pressure chamber configured to apply a positive pressure on a portion of the user's body in the sealed pressure chamber. The system may also include load sensors configured to measure the user's weight exerted inside and outside the chamber. The system may be calibrated by determining a relationship between the actual weight of the user and the pressure in the chamber, where the actual weight of the user may be measured by more than one load sensor and at least one load sensor is not in the pressure chamber.

The driving system comprises: a first support structure; a second support structure supported by the first support structure for rotation about a stationary axis of rotation; a first actuation unit having a first motor device and a first output member; and a second actuation unit having a second motor device and a second output member. The first output member is drivingly connected with the second support structure for rotation about the first axis of rotation. The first motor device controls the rotation of the first output member, along with the second support structure, about the first axis of rotation. The second output member is supported by the second support structure for rotation about a second axis of rotation. The second motor device controls the rotation of the second output member about the second axis of rotation.