Quasi-Passive Knee Exoskeleton for Knee Osteoarthritis

Chief investigator

Contributors

Godfery Keung

Research topic Design and Manipulation

Industry application Medical and Surgical

This project will develop a knee exoskeleton that can mimic the human knee extension moment profile which is attached to a conventional OA knee brace.  We explore the hypothesis that providing an appropriate assistive torque reduces the internal joint moment and thus the joint contact force.