Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments

A Rodríguez-Fernández, J Lobo-Prat… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Gait disorders can reduce the quality of life for people with neuromuscular impairments.
Therefore, walking recovery is one of the main priorities for counteracting sedentary lifestyle …

A review on design of upper limb exoskeletons

MA Gull, S Bai, T Bak - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exoskeleton robotics has ushered in a new era of modern neuromuscular rehabilitation
engineering and assistive technology research. The technology promises to improve the …

Interactive wearable systems for upper body rehabilitation: a systematic review

Q Wang, P Markopoulos, B Yu, W Chen… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background The development of interactive rehabilitation technologies which rely on
wearable-sensing for upper body rehabilitation is attracting increasing research interest …

Control strategies used in lower limb exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation after brain injury: a systematic review and analysis of clinical effectiveness

J de Miguel-Fernández, J Lobo-Prat, E Prinsen… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background In the past decade, there has been substantial progress in the development of
robotic controllers that specify how lower-limb exoskeletons should interact with brain …

Robotics in lower‐limb rehabilitation after stroke

X Zhang, Z Yue, J Wang - Behavioural neurology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With the increase in the elderly, stroke has become a common disease, often leading to
motor dysfunction and even permanent disability. Lower‐limb rehabilitation robots can help …

An index finger exoskeleton with series elastic actuation for rehabilitation: Design, control and performance characterization

P Agarwal, J Fox, Y Yun, MK O'Malley… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Rehabilitation of the hands is critical for the restoration of independence in activities of daily
living for individuals exhibiting disabilities of the upper extremities. There is initial evidence …

Surface EMG based continuous estimation of human lower limb joint angles by using deep belief networks

J Chen, X Zhang, Y Cheng, N Xi - Biomedical Signal Processing and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Surface electromyography (EMG) signals have been widely used in locomotion studies and
human-machine interface applications. In this paper, a regression model which relates the …

Perspectives and challenges in robotic neurorehabilitation

R Iandolo, F Marini, M Semprini, M Laffranchi… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The development of robotic devices for rehabilitation is a fast-growing field. Nowadays,
thanks to novel technologies that have improved robots' capabilities and offered more cost …

Academic review and perspectives on robotic exoskeletons

G Bao, L Pan, H Fang, X Wu, H Yu… - … on Neural Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the first robotic exoskeleton was developed in 1960, this research field has attracted
much interest from both the academic and industrial communities resulting in scientific …

Effect of hip assistance modes on metabolic cost of walking with a soft exoskeleton

W Cao, C Chen, H Hu, K Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding the effects of different hip assistance modes is a fundamental step in the
process of designing hip assistance devices and controllers that can provide better …