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The ReWalk ReStore™ soft robotic exosuit: a multi-site clinical trial of the safety, reliability, and feasibility of exosuit-augmented post-stroke gait rehabilitation

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2020
Background Atypical walking in the months and years after stroke constrain community reintegration and reduce mobility, health, and quality of life. The ReWalk ReStore™ is a soft robotic exosuit designed to assist the propulsion and ground clearance ...
Louis N. Awad, Alberto Esquenazi, Gerard E. Francisco, Karen J. Nolan, Arun Jayaraman   +4 more
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Biomechanics‐Based User‐Adaptive Variable Impedance Control for Enhanced Physical Human–Robot Interaction Using Bayesian Optimization

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2025.
This article introduces a biomechanics‐based, user‐adaptive variable impedance controller aimed at enhancing the overall performance of coupled human–robot systems during motion. The improvements span accuracy, speed, user effort, smoothness, and user preference during physical human–robot interaction (pHRI).
Fatemeh Zahedi, Hyunglae Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic Actuation for Mechanomedicine

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2025.
In this perspective, the emergence of magneto‐mechanical actuation systems in biomedical research and mechanomedicine is explored. These materials, ranging from single particles to 3D scaffolds, enable dynamic and remote modulation of cellular processes. By mechanically simulating physiological and pathological processes, these systems offer a new path
Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez, Ritu Raman, Simone Schuerle, Andy Tay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomechanical and Physiological Evaluation of Multi-Joint Assistance With Soft Exosuits

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2017
To understand the effects of soft exosuits on human loaded walking, we developed a reconfigurable multi-joint actuation platform that can provide synchronized forces to the ankle and hip joints. Two different assistive strategies were evaluated on eight subjects walking on a treadmill at a speed of 1.25 m/s with a 23.8 kg backpack: 1) hip extension ...
Ye, Ding, Ignacio, Galiana, Alan T, Asbeck, Stefano Marco Maria, De Rossi, Jaehyun, Bae, Thiago Ribeiro Teles, Santos, Vanessa Lara, de Araujo, Sangjun, Lee, Kenneth G, Holt, Conor, Walsh   +9 more
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Gait Perception via Actual and Estimated Pneumatic Physical Reservoir Output

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2025.
The authors introduce a self‐estimated physical reservoir computing (SEPRC) model for improved gait perception in wearable power‐assist limb devices. The new approach enhances traditional PRC models by combining actual and estimated physical reservoir outputs for subsequence processing.
Junyi Shen, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Swaninda Ghosh, Toshihiro Kawase, Kenji Kawashima   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design of a cable-driven upper limb exosuit : a simulation study [PDF]

, 2021
LAUREA MAGISTRALELa capacità motoria è essenziale nel determinare la qualità della vita di ogni individuo. Tuttavia, invecchiamento, miopatologie, neuropatologie e traumi possono portare alla perdita parziale o totale della capacità di movimento ...
Pirelli, Alessandro
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Adaptive Vision-Based Gait Environment Classification for Soft Ankle Exoskeleton

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Lower limb exoskeletons have been developed to improve functionality and assist with daily activities in various environments. Although these systems utilize sensors for gait phase detection, they lack anticipatory information about environmental changes,
Gayoung Yang, Jeong Heo, Brian Byunghyun Kang   +2 more
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Comfort-Centered Design of a Lightweight and Backdrivable Knee Exoskeleton

, 2019
This paper presents design principles for comfort-centered wearable robots and their application in a lightweight and backdrivable knee exoskeleton. The mitigation of discomfort is treated as mechanical design and control issues and three solutions are ...
Carriero, Alessandra, Chen, Tianyao, Huang, Tzu-Hao, IEEE, Li, Xiao, Li, Yanjun, Member, Oh-Park, Mooyeon, Su*, Hao, Wang, Junlin, Yu, Shuangyue   +10 more
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Performance estimation of the lower limb exoskeleton for plantarflexion using surface electromyography (sEMG) signals

Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, 2017
In this paper, we evaluate the performance of the rigid and soft exoskeleton by measuring electromyography (sEMG) signal of human lower limb muscles. sEMG represents the degree of muscle activation and the higher sEMG level can be measured if the greater
Junghoon PARK, Hyunkyu PARK, Jung KIM
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of a Soft Robotic Knee Exosuit for Assistance in Stair Ascent [PDF]

, 2018
: Muscular weakness is a common manifestation for Stroke survivors and for patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction leading to reduced functional independence, especially mobility.

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