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Exoskeleton for Gait Rehabilitation: Effects of Assistance, Mechanical Structure, and Walking Aids on Muscle Activations

Applied Sciences, 2019
Several exoskeletons have been developed and increasingly used in clinical settings for training and assisting locomotion. These devices allow people with severe motor deficits to regain mobility and sustain intense and repetitive gait training. However,
Alice De Luca, Amy Bellitto, Sergio Mandraccia, Giorgia Marchesi, Laura Pellegrino, Martina Coscia, Clara Leoncini, Laura Rossi, Simona Gamba, Antonino Massone, Maura Casadio   +10 more
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Optimized hip-knee-ankle exoskeleton assistance reduces the metabolic cost of walking with worn loads

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background Load carriage is common in a wide range of professions, but prolonged load carriage is associated with increased fatigue and overuse injuries.
Gwendolyn M. Bryan, Patrick W. Franks, Seungmoon Song, Ricardo Reyes, Meghan P. O’Donovan, Karen N. Gregorczyk, Steven H. Collins   +6 more
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Dynamic output feedback control for a walking assistance training robot to handle shifts in the center of gravity and time-varying arm of force in omniwheel

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2020
In this study, we designed a dynamic output feedback control for a walking assistance training robot. The proposed system addresses the problems of shifts in the center of gravity and vibration associated with time-varying arm of force in omniwheel to ...
Hongbin Chang, Shuoyu Wang, Ping Sun
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Visual guidance can help with the use of a robotic exoskeleton during human walking

Scientific Reports, 2022
Walking is an important activity that supports the health-related quality of life, and for those who need assistance, robotic devices are available to help.
Myunghee Kim, Hyeongkeun Jeong, Prakyath Kantharaju, Dongyual Yoo, Michael Jacobson, Dongbin Shin, Changsoo Han, James L. Patton   +7 more
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Ankle Exoskeleton Assistance Increases Six-Minute Walk Test Performance in Cerebral Palsy

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2021
Objective: To determine the effects of providing battery-powered ankle dorsiflexor and plantar flexor exoskeleton assistance on six-minute walk test performance and efficiency in children and young adults with cerebral palsy by comparing distance walked ...
Benjamin Conner, Greg Orekhov, Zachary Lerner   +2 more
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Walking with a powered ankle-foot orthosis: the effects of actuation timing and stiffness level on healthy users

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2020
Background In the last decades, several powered ankle-foot orthoses have been developed to assist the ankle joint of their users during walking. Recent studies have shown that the effects of the assistance provided by powered ankle-foot orthoses depend ...
Marta Moltedo, Tomislav Baček, Ben Serrien, Kevin Langlois, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Carlos Rodriguez-Guerrero   +6 more
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Learning to walk with a wearable robot in 880 simple steps: a pilot study on motor adaptation

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background Wearable robots have been shown to improve the efficiency of walking in diverse scenarios. However, it is unclear how much practice is needed to fully adapt to robotic assistance, and which neuromotor processes underly this adaptation ...
Florian L. Haufe, Alessia M. Kober, Peter Wolf, Robert Riener, Michele Xiloyannis   +4 more
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Development of Assistance Level Adjustment Function for Variable Load on a Forearm-Supported Robotic Walker

Sensors
With the progression of an aging society, the importance of walking assistance technology has been increasing. The research and development of robotic walkers for individuals requiring walking support are advancing.
Yuto Mori, Soichiro Yokoyama, Tomohisa Yamashita, Hidenori Kawamura, Masato Mori   +4 more
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A Novel Exoskeleton Design and Numerical Characterization for Human Gait Assistance

Machines, 2023
This paper addressed attention to the design of a new lower limb exoskeleton that can be used for human gait assistance as based on kinematic considerations.
Cristian Copilusi, Marco Ceccarelli, Sorin Dumitru, Ionut Geonea, Alexandru Margine, Dorin Popescu   +5 more
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
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