These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficits

LN Awad, MD Lewek, TM Kesar, JR Franz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Advances in medical diagnosis and treatment have facilitated the emergence of precision
medicine. In contrast, locomotor rehabilitation for individuals with acquired neuromotor …

A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

LN Awad, J Bae, K O'donnell, SMM De Rossi… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically slow and metabolically expensive.
Passive assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses are often prescribed to increase …

Gait analysis for poststroke rehabilitation: the relevance of biomechanical analysis and the impact of gait speed

S Nadeau, M Betschart, F Bethoux - Physical Medicine and …, 2013 - pmr.theclinics.com
Stroke remains a major public health problem in many countries, afflicting nearly 15 million
people worldwide each year (World Health Organization; http://www. strokecenter …

Validity and repeatability of inertial measurement units for measuring gait parameters

EP Washabaugh, T Kalyanaraman, PG Adamczyk… - Gait & posture, 2017 - Elsevier
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are small wearable sensors that have tremendous
potential to be applied to clinical gait analysis. They allow objective evaluation of gait and …

Prediction of lower limb kinetics and kinematics during walking by a single IMU on the lower back using machine learning

H Lim, B Kim, S Park - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have reported the application of artificial neural network (ANN) techniques
on data of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to predict ground reaction forces (GRFs), which …

Assist-as-needed robot-aided gait training improves walking function in individuals following stroke

S Srivastava, PC Kao, SH Kim, P Stegall… - … on Neural Systems …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel robot-aided assist-as-needed gait training paradigm has been developed recently.
This paradigm encourages subjects' active participation during training. Previous pilot …

Variations in kinematics during clinical gait analysis in stroke patients

J Boudarham, N Roche, D Pradon, C Bonnyaud… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In addition to changes in spatio-temporal and kinematic parameters, patients with stroke
exhibit fear of falling as well as fatigability during gait. These changes could compromise …

Defining the clinically meaningful difference in gait speed in persons with Parkinson disease

CJ Hass, M Bishop, M Moscovich… - Journal of Neurologic …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Gait dysfunction is a common target for pharmacological,
behavioral, and surgical interventions in persons with Parkinson disease. However, the …

Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke

LH Sloot, LM Baker, J Bae, F Porciuncula… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Soft robotic exosuits can provide partial dorsiflexor and plantarflexor support in
parallel with paretic muscles to improve poststroke walking capacity. Previous results …

Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke

K Swaminathan, F Porciuncula, S Park… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Individualized, targeted, and intense training is the hallmark of successful gait
rehabilitation in people post-stroke. Specifically, increasing use of the impaired ankle to …