Demonstration of Ankle Clonus by the Leg-Robot, a Leg-shaped Haptics Simulator of Patients for the Purpose of Educational Training of Physical Therapy and its Performance Evaluation by Students of School of Physical Therapy

We have developed the Leg-Robot, a leg-shaped haptic simulator of patients with any nerve disease for the purpose of educational training of physical therapy. In this paper, we suggest a control method to demonstrate ankle clonus with the Leg-Robot and evaluate its performance by students of school of physical therapy. According to the comparison of the experimental results of young students and a matured physical therapist, we were able to find obvious differences between their manners of manual tests.