Preliminary Ideas on the Development of a New Ankle Rehabilitation Device

Abstract

Traditionally ankle injuries are rehabilitated via physiotherapy. However, the experiences suggest that without sufficient rehabilitation many people will have future problems. Furthermore, during a rehabilitation treatment, cooperative and intensive efforts of therapists and patients are required over prolonged sessions. Thus, robotic devices have been developed for human ankle rehabilitation. Our goal is to find light weight, low cost and easy to manufacture solutions for ankle rehabilitation platforms.