Foot drop patients for walking regulations device

Functional Electrical Stimulation is the stimulation of paralyzed muscles with impaired neural innervation by electric current in order to perform a functional movement towards daily life activities. It can be considered as a functional orthosis. In our study, normal walking waveform was taken with pressure sensors and used as control data. The foot pressure sensors provide information about the person's step. In this way, the gait regulator system has been developed by stimulating the ankle to dorsiflexion by lifting the foot off the ground. FES rehabilitation is performed in cases with cerebral and spinal cord lesions, hemiplegic, paraplegic, tetraplegic, and children with cerebral palsy. It can also be used in conditions such as central nervous system damage (Multiple Sclerosis) or idiopathic scoliosis. Currently, ankle orthoses are used to fix foot status at 900 for low foot patients. The orthoses does not supplies a natural gait form as it results with stanble ankle position. The main reason why FES use is not widespread is, that the patients can not afford the costs as it is too high, also FES system is procured from abroad. In our study, a very cost-effective, lightweight, FES device with heel pressure sensor has been designed to provide the natural gait form to foot patients.