Sit to Stand Transfer Assisting by an Intelligent Walking-Aid

The sit to transfer assisting for elderly patients using an intelligent walking-aid is presented. This assistive device provides physical support to aid elderly with physical impairment during both the walk and the sit-to-stand transfer. In this paper, we will focus on the sit-to-stand transfer function and more precisely on the trajectory generation of the assistive device handles using interpolating cubic splines.

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