UDK: 617.3:615.477

CURRENT USE OF EXOSKELETON AND PROSPECTS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN HABILITATION AND REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE (ANALYTICAL REVIEW)

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра оперативной хирургии и топографической анатомии, кафедра медицинской реабилитации и спортивной медицины с курсом медицинской реабилитации, лечебной физкультуры, спортивной медицины, физиотерап

Abstract

The review of 108 home and foreign publications revealed that the priority areas of exoskeleton application is military industry and rehabilitation medicine. The bulk of created exoskeletons cannot be widely used for rehabilitation of patients with limited functions of the upper and lower limbs due to their large mass, dependency on the external power source as well as their high cost. We have concluded that a passive exoskeleton is the most applicable for rehabilitation; the major groups needing exoskeletons are the patients suffering from paresis of upper and lower extremities.

Keywords

passive exoskeleton, active exoskeleton, paresis, disabled.

Contacts

Воробьев Александр Александрович — д. м. н., профессор, зав. кафедрой оперативной хирургии и топографической анатомии, Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, e-mail: cos@volgmed.ru