Publications by Jacques Fournier

The WalkTrainer, a New Generation of Walking Reeducation Device Combining Orthoses and Muscle Stimulation

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

This paper presents a novel reeducation device for paraplegics that combines hybrid orthoses and closed-loop electrical muscle stimulation. Based on the so called Cyberthosis concept, the WalkTrainer enables an active muscular participation of the subject ...

2009

Clinical Trials with the WalkTrainer: Preliminary Results

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

Robotic devices are well suited for providing motion to the patient and information (positions, forces, etc.) to the therapist. The FSC and LSRO are combining their effort in the development of robotic re-education devices, focusing on active rehabilitatio ...

2008

Pelvic motion measurement during over ground walking, analysis and implementation on the WalkTrainer reeducation device

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

Pelvic motions are of great importance while walking, and have thus to be taken into account when developing and controlling rehabilitation devices. This paper will first introduce a new reeducation devices for paraplegic people: the WalkTrainer. This devi ...

2008

Pelvic Motion Implementation on the WalkTrainer

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

Pelvic motion is of great importance when walking, and have thus to be taken into account while developing rehabilitation robotics. This paper describes the implementation of a pelvic motion amplitude prediction model on a pelvic orthosis and tests on vali ...

2007

The WalkTrainer: A Robotic System for Walking Rehabilitation

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

Standard reeducation methods for paraplegic people rely on manual or robotic mobilization on a treadmill. However in both cases the motion is generated by an exterior force, the training is thus called passive. In this context the Swiss Fondation for Cyber ...

2007

Cyberthèse. Mise en oeuvre d'un nouveau concept de rééducation pour paraplégiques

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Carl Schmitt, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Allemand, Yves Stauffer

Robots are excellent tools for providing motion. Their motion is precise, stiff and as repeatable as needed. This led the Swiss Foundation for Cyberthosis (SFC) to exploit robotics jointly with the muscle electrostimulation as intelligent rehabilitation de ...

2007

Improvement of rehabilitation possibilities with the MotionMaker™

Patrick Métrailler, Reymond Clavel, Jacques Fournier, Carl Schmitt, Mohamed Bouri

"MotionMakertrade" is a stationary programmable test and training system for the lower limbs developed at the 'Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne' with the 'Fondation Suisse pour les Cybertheses'. The system is composed of two robotic orthoses compri ...

2006