Exoskeleton robots for lower limb assistance: A review of materials, actuation, and manufacturing methods

F Hussain, R Goecke… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The field of robot-assisted physical rehabilitation and robotics technology for providing
support to the elderly population is rapidly evolving. Lower limb robot aided rehabilitation …

Modelling the interaction between wearable assistive devices and digital human models—A systematic review

D Scherb, S Wartzack, J Miehling - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Exoskeletons, orthoses, exosuits, assisting robots and such devices referred to as wearable
assistive devices are devices designed to augment or protect the human body by applying …

State of the art lower limb robotic exoskeletons for elderly assistance

A Kapsalyamov, PK Jamwal, S Hussain… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of elderly populations is rapidly increasing. Majority of elderly people face
difficulties while walking because the muscular activity or other gait-related parameters start …

Coupled exoskeleton assistance simplifies control and maintains metabolic benefits: A simulation study

NA Bianco, PW Franks, JL Hicks, SL Delp - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Assistive exoskeletons can reduce the metabolic cost of walking, and recent advances in
exoskeleton device design and control have resulted in large metabolic savings. Most …

A human lower limb mechanical phantom for the testing of knee exoskeletons

WS Barrutia, J Bratt, DP Ferris - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of assistive lower-limb exoskeletons can be time-consuming. Testing
prototype medical devices on vulnerable populations such as children also has safety …

Modeling and simulation of a human knee exoskeleton's assistive strategies and interaction

L Zhang, Y Liu, R Wang, C Smith… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exoskeletons are increasingly used in rehabilitation and daily life in patients with motor
disorders after neurological injuries. In this paper, a realistic human knee exoskeleton model …

Prediction of three-dimensional crutch walking patterns using a torque-driven model

M Febrer-Nafría, R Pallarès-López, BJ Fregly… - Multibody System …, 2021 - Springer
Computational prediction of 3D crutch-assisted walking patterns is a challenging problem
that could be applied to study different biomechanical aspects of crutch walking in virtual …

A comprehensive review on biomechanical modeling applied to device-assisted locomotion

M Rodrigues da Silva, F Marques… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Abstract According to the World Health Organization, 15% of the world's population lived
with some form of disability in 2011 and, nowadays, more than one billion people worldwide …

Comparison of different optimal control formulations for generating dynamically consistent crutch walking simulations using a torque-driven model

M Febrer-Nafría, R Pallarès-López, BJ Fregly… - … and Machine Theory, 2020 - Elsevier
Walking impairment due to spinal cord injury can be improved using active orthoses,
together with some type of external support such as crutches for balance. This study …

A musculoskeletal human model-based approach for evaluating support concepts of exoskeletons for selected use cases

C Molz, Z Yao, J Sänger, T Gwosch… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper presents an approach for evaluating exoskeleton support concepts through
biomechanical analyses on a musculoskeletal human model. By simplifying the support …