Shaping high-performance wearable robots for human motor and sensory reconstruction and enhancement

H Xia, Y Zhang, N Rajabi, F Taleb, Q Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Most wearable robots such as exoskeletons and prostheses can operate with dexterity,
while wearers do not perceive them as part of their bodies. In this perspective, we contend …

Robotic exoskeleton embodiment in post-stroke hemiparetic patients: an experimental study about the integration of the assistance provided by the REFLEX knee …

JS Lora-Millan, FJ Sanchez-Cuesta, JP Romero… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Hemiparetic gait is the most common motor-disorder after stroke and, in spite of
rehabilitation efforts, it is persistent in 50% of community dwelling stroke-survivors. Robotic …

Metabolic cost of walking with electromechanical ankle exoskeletons under proportional myoelectric control on a treadmill and outdoors

R Hybart, KS Villancio-Wolter, DP Ferris - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Lower limb robotic exoskeletons are often studied in the context of steady state treadmill
walking in a laboratory environment. However, the end goal for exoskeletons is to be used in …

Gait variability of outdoor vs treadmill walking with bilateral robotic ankle exoskeletons under proportional myoelectric control

R Hybart, D Ferris - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Lower limb robotic exoskeletons are often studied in the context of steady-state treadmill
walking in laboratory environments. However, the end goal of these devices is often …

Neuromechanical adaptation to walking with electromechanical ankle exoskeletons under proportional myoelectric control

RL Hybart, DP Ferris - IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: To determine if robotic ankle exoskeleton users decrease triceps surae muscle
activity when using proportional myoelectric control, we studied healthy young participants …

Novice users' brain activity and biomechanics change after practicing walking with an ankle exoskeleton

S Song, CA Haynes, JC Bradford - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Walking with an exoskeleton represents a sophisticated interplay between human
physiology and mechanical augmentation, yet understanding of cortical responses in this …

Human motor performance assessment with lower limb exoskeletons as a potential strategy to support healthy aging—a perspective article

T Moeller, M Beyerlein, M Herzog… - Progress in …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
With increasing age, motor performance declines. This decline is associated with less
favorable health outcomes such as impaired activities of daily living, reduced quality of life …

sEMG-based adaptive cooperative multi-mode control of a soft elbow exoskeleton using neural network compensation

Q Wu, Z Wang, Y Chen - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft rehabilitation exoskeletons have gained much attention in recent years, striving to assist
the paralyzed individuals restore motor functions. However, it is a challenge to promote …

Lower limb biomechanics of fully trained exoskeleton users reveal complex mechanisms behind the reductions in energy cost with human-in-the-loop optimization

KL Poggensee, SH Collins - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Exoskeletons that assist in ankle plantarflexion can improve energy economy in locomotion.
Characterizing the joint-level mechanisms behind these reductions in energy cost can lead …

Enhancing classification accuracy of fnirs-bci for gait rehabilitation

HS Minhas, H Nazeer, N Naseer, US Khan… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve mobility and rehabilitation, precise and adaptive control mechanisms have been
developed for lower limb exoskeletons. Brain-computer interface (BCI) provides advanced …