Rehabilitative use of fNIRS controlled lower limb exoskeleton

One of the most prevalent roots of disability around the globe is stroke. The majority of patients are supposed to depend on family members and caretakers for their remaining lives due to partial or complete paralysis. Various forms of assistive technology have been offered for post-stroke rehabilitation to provide improvements to the impacted body limbs of the disabled. The users in many of these systems have little control over the duties and receive no input on the state of the brain controlled lower limb exoskeleton (BCLLE). Furthermore, there is no system in place to monitor body motions. The suggested system addresses problems in which the exoskeleton is controlled by human intentions. BCLLE has a versatile design that may be tailored as per the needs of the handicap. The exoskeleton is modelled after human anatomy to fit the patient’s body. The exoskeleton is controlled by brain signals using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). With our suggested method, classification accuracy of more than 70% is achieved, which is significantly greater than all currently available options.