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Rehabiliation ankle robotic device for children:   The ankle rehabilitation robot (Anklebot) (with two active degrees of freedom) developed at MIT, allows guided ankle movement, resistive movements, and passive measurements of ankle position and net torque. This robot can be used in the functional contexts of overground or treadmill gait training, as well as in the seated position for isolated training of ankle motor control and estimation of ankle impedance. Although the clinical application of the Anklebot has the potential to improve our understanding of ankle biomechanics and to improve ankle motor function and gait with neurological disorders, it has not been used in children due to its size and weight. Given the strong evidence that the organization of the adult brain cortex is dynamic and that it is dependent on activity, there may be an even larger window of opportunity for using the ankle rehabilitation robot during childhood. In collaboration with Stefano Rossi at the University of Rome, Italy, I was involved in the process to evaluate the design of the pediatric Anklebot for children in the age range of five to eight years. The overall weight of the device is two Kilograms.

 

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