Reconfigurable lower limb exoskeleton designed for children

Monoplegia, hemiplegia and paraplegia are motor disabilities that affect the control and movement of the body. This disability occurs when there are alterations in the muscles, bones, joints or spinal cord, as well as by some problem of the brain in the motor area that impact in the person mobility. As a consequence of this problem, prototypes of exoskeletons have been developed that support the rehabilitation and help the patients, mainly in the phase of walking; the devices also include the people who have the absence of some inferior extremity and need to learn to walk with the Prosthetic. This paper presents the methodology for performing a lower limb exoskeleton, designed for children aged 6 to 12 years. We present the literature review, as well as the various methodologies used to reach the conceptual design of the exoskeleton. As a result, we present the 3D impression of the exoskeleton designed scaled, as well as the matrix of the model resulting from the IPPMD methodology and possible reconfiguration that may have.