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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering

University of Leeds

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Article title

An Instrumented Walking-Aid to Assess and Retrain Gait

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1109/TMECH.2012.2223227

Title of journal

IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Article number

n/a

Volume number

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Issue number

First page of article

ISSN of journal

10834435

Year of publication

2012

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Number of additional authors

Additional information

Developed by a multidisciplinary team of engineers, therapists and clinicians, with strong engagement from an NHS patient user group throughout, the instrumented Walking Aid (iWA) readily gained user acceptance in clinical trials. This paper in a leading international journal, showed for the first time how the iWA precisely quantified key usage metrics required by therapists to improve rehabilitation and monitor adherence to prescription. This enabled trials with a range of patient groups and clinical teams (including amputees) which underpinned our group’s success in attracting funds for smart orthoses (EPSRC-EP/K020463/1) and ultimately the EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems (http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2013/Pages/85million.aspx).

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract