title: Robotic orthosis lokomat: a rehabilitation and research tool.
abstract: The aim of this article is to introduce the robotic orthosis Lokomat, developed to automate treadmill training rehabilitation of locomotion for spinal cord injured and stroke patients, to the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Neuromodulation research communities, and to report on our newly conducted research. We first illustrate the primary use of Lokomat in rehabilitation and focus on control aspects and algorithms associated with robotic rehabilitation of locomotion. Then we describe two applications where the Lokomat was used as a research tool. The first application is closed-loop control of the FES-induced shank movement and the second is the development of a neural network model of the spinal locomotor centers. This model was used to derive a neural locomotion controller for the Lokomat.
authors.affiliation: ETH Zürich, Automatic Control Laboratory;                                      Paraplegic Center ParaCare, University Hospital Balgrist; and                                      University of Zürich, Institute for Informatics, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sašo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jezernik
authors.forename: Gery
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Hansruedi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frueh
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morari