[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance

C Siviy, LM Baker, BT Quinlivan… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in
individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with wearable devices …

Toward higher-performance bionic limbs for wider clinical use

D Farina, I Vujaklija, R Brånemark, AMJ Bull… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Most prosthetic limbs can autonomously move with dexterity, yet they are not perceived by
the user as belonging to their own body. Robotic limbs can convey information about the …

[HTML][HTML] A primer on motion capture with deep learning: principles, pitfalls, and perspectives

A Mathis, S Schneider, J Lauer, MW Mathis - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Extracting behavioral measurements non-invasively from video is stymied by the fact that it is
a hard computational problem. Recent advances in deep learning have tremendously …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a functional performance validation standard for industrial low-back exoskeletons: State of the art review

M Pesenti, A Antonietti, M Gandolla, A Pedrocchi - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
While the research interest for exoskeletons has been rising in the last decades, missing
standards for their rigorous evaluation are potentially limiting their adoption in the industrial …

The structural connectome and motor recovery after stroke: predicting natural recovery

PJ Koch, CH Park, G Girard, E Beanato, P Egger… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Stroke patients vary considerably in terms of outcomes: some patients present
'natural'recovery proportional to their initial impairment (fitters), while others do not (non …

Robot-assisted therapy for upper extremity motor impairment after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Wu, H Cheng, J Zhang, S Yang, S Cai - Physical therapy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective The purpose of this study was to review the effects of robot-assisted therapy (RT)
for improving poststroke upper extremity motor impairment. Methods The PubMed, Embase …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring after central nervous system injuries: neural mechanisms and translational applications of motor recovery

Z Gao, Z Pang, Y Chen, G Lei, S Zhu, G Li, Y Shen… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Springer
Central nervous system (CNS) injuries, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal
cord injury, are leading causes of long-term disability. It is estimated that more than half of …

A robotic system with EMG-triggered functional eletrical stimulation for restoring arm functions in stroke survivors

E Ambrosini, G Gasperini, J Zajc… - … and Neural Repair, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Robotic systems combined with Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) showed
promising results on upper-limb motor recovery after stroke, but adequately-sized …

Recent advances in bioelectronics chemistry

Y Fang, L Meng, A Prominski, EN Schaumann… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Research in bioelectronics is highly interdisciplinary, with many new developments being
based on techniques from across the physical and life sciences. Advances in our …

May dual transcranial direct current stimulation enhance the efficacy of robot-assisted therapy for promoting upper limb recovery in chronic stroke?

G Morone, F Capone, M Iosa… - … and Neural Repair, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To assess whether dual transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may
enhance the efficacy of exoskeleton robotic training on upper limb motor functions in …