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 …

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 …

The H2 robotic exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation after stroke: early findings from a clinical study

M Bortole, A Venkatakrishnan, F Zhu… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Stroke significantly affects thousands of individuals annually, leading to
considerable physical impairment and functional disability. Gait is one of the most important …

[HTML][HTML] Robotic exoskeletons: The current pros and cons

AS Gorgey - World journal of orthopedics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Robotic exoskeletons have emerged as rehabilitation tool that may ameliorate several of the
existing health-related consequences after spinal cord injury (SCI). However, evidence to …

Lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot: A review

J Zhou, S Yang, Q Xue - Advances in Mechanical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robots (LLRERs) play a positive role in lower limb
rehabilitation and assistance for patients with lower limb disorders, and they are helpful to …

Weight bearing over-ground stepping in an exoskeleton with non-invasive spinal cord neuromodulation after motor complete paraplegia

P Gad, Y Gerasimenko, S Zdunowski… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
We asked whether coordinated voluntary movement of the lower limbs could be regained in
an individual having been completely paralyzed (> 4 year) and completely absent of vision …

Risk management and regulations for lower limb medical exoskeletons: a review

Y He, D Eguren, TP Luu… - … Devices: Evidence and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Gait disability is a major health care problem worldwide. Powered exoskeletons have
recently emerged as devices that can enable users with gait disabilities to ambulate in an …

An approach for the cooperative control of FES with a powered exoskeleton during level walking for persons with paraplegia

KH Ha, SA Murray, M Goldfarb - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a hybrid system that combines a powered lower limb exoskeleton with
functional electrical stimulation (FES) for gait restoration in persons with paraplegia. The …

Exoskeleton-based training improves walking independence in incomplete spinal cord injury patients: results from a randomized controlled trial

Á Gil-Agudo, Á Megía-García, JL Pons… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background In recent years, ambulatory lower limb exoskeletons are being gradually
introduced into the clinical practice to complement walking rehabilitation programs …

[PDF][PDF] 康复机器人与智能辅助系统的研究进展

侯增广, 赵新刚, 程龙, 王启宁, 王卫群 - 自动化学报, 2016 - aas.net.cn
摘要我国正面临日益严重的老龄化问题和数量庞大的残疾人群, 康复机器人与智能辅助系统的
研究开发和应用有望为解决养老, 失能辅助和康复问题提供部分技术手段 …