老年骨质疏松症下肢可穿戴外骨骼研究进展

Research progress of lower limb wearable exoskeleton in senile osteoporosis

骨质疏松症是当今世界面临的重要公共卫生问题。下肢可穿戴外骨骼是一种新型的人体运动辅助机器人技术,用于预防及治疗老年骨质疏松症及其并发症,是切实可行的一个研究方向。下肢可穿戴外骨骼分为刚性与柔性两类。目前国内外医学界与机械物理行业已经推出众多外骨骼设计理念与产品。本文对下肢可穿戴外骨骼系统的研究进展进行综述。

Osteoporosis is an important public health problem facing the world today.The lower limb wearable exoskeleton is a new type of human motion assist robot technology,which is a feasible research direction for the prevention and treatment of senile osteoporosis and its complications.The lower limb wearable exoskeleton can be divided into rigid and flexible categories.At present,many exoskeleton design concepts and products have been launched by the medical and mechanical physics industries at home and abroad.In this paper,the research progress of the lower limb wearable exoskeleton system is reviewed.