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 …

From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: A systematic review

Y Sun, Y Tang, J Zheng, D Dong, X Chen… - Annual Reviews in Control, 2022 - Elsevier
As a typical application of the human-computer interaction device, the lower limb
exoskeleton has attracted many researchers' attention in recent years in an attempt to …

Rapid predictive simulations with complex musculoskeletal models suggest that diverse healthy and pathological human gaits can emerge from similar control …

A Falisse, G Serrancolí, CL Dembia… - Journal of The …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Physics-based predictive simulations of human movement have the potential to support
personalized medicine, but large computational costs and difficulties to model control …

Gait post-stroke: Pathophysiology and rehabilitation strategies

C Beyaert, R Vasa, GE Frykberg - Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
We reviewed neural control and biomechanical description of gait in both non-disabled and
post-stroke subjects. In addition, we reviewed most of the gait rehabilitation strategies …

Lower limb wearable robots for assistance and rehabilitation: A state of the art

W Huo, S Mohammed, JC Moreno… - IEEE systems …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neurologic injuries, such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, and weaknesses of skeletal muscles
with elderly people, may considerably limit the ability of this population to achieve the main …

A biologically inspired soft exosuit for walking assistance

AT Asbeck, SMM De Rossi, KG Holt… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
We present the design and evaluation of a multi-articular soft exosuit that is portable, fully
autonomous, and provides assistive torques to the wearer at the ankle and hip during …

The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

DJ Farris, LA Kelly, AG Cresswell… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Human feet have evolved to facilitate bipedal locomotion, losing an opposable digit that
grasped branches in favor of a longitudinal arch (LA) that stiffens the foot and aids bipedal …

Efficient bipedal robots based on passive-dynamic walkers

S Collins, A Ruina, R Tedrake, M Wisse - Science, 2005 - science.org
Passive-dynamic walkers are simple mechanical devices, composed of solid parts
connected by joints, that walk stably down a slope. They have no motors or controllers, yet …

Lower extremity exoskeletons and active orthoses: Challenges and state-of-the-art

AM Dollar, H Herr - IEEE Transactions on robotics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the nearly six decades since researchers began to explore methods of creating them,
exoskeletons have progressed from the stuff of science fiction to nearly commercialized …

Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

HM Herr, AM Grabowski - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over time, leg prostheses have improved in design, but have been incapable of actively
adapting to different walking velocities in a manner comparable to a biological limb. People …