Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
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Multi-directional Ankle Impedance During Standing Postures
In this study, we estimated the multi-directional ankle mechanical impedance in two degrees-of-freedom (DOF) during standing, and determined how the stiffness, damping, and inertia vary with ankle angle and ankle torque at different postures...
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Posted on 21 SEP 2020
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Enhancing Mobility With Quasi-Passive Variable Stiffness Exoskeletons
Shoes were invented to provide user comfort using rubber soles, despite marginal improvement in human mobility. Unlike shoes, current lower-limb exoskeletons use fixed stiffness springs to store and recycle energy to improve mobility. However, the maximum kinetic energy a human...
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Posted on 26 MAR 2019
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Gait and Dynamic Balance Sensing Using Wearable Foot Sensors
Remote monitoring of gait performance offers possibilities for objective evaluation, and tackling impairment in motor ability, gait, and balance in populations such as elderly, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, etc. This requires a wearable and unobtrusive system capable of estimating ambulatory...
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Posted on 29 JAN 2019
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Design and Validation of a Semi-Active Variable Stiffness Foot Prosthesis
This paper presents the design and validation of a novel lower-limb prosthesis called the Variable-Stiffness Foot (VSF), designed to vary its forefoot stiffness in response to user activity. The VSF is designed as a semi-active device that adjusts its stiffness...
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Posted on 7 DEC 2018
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Gestural Interaction and Visual Illusion for Lower Limbs’ Neuropathic Pain Treatment
Pain caused by a lesion or a disease affecting the somatosensory nervous system is known as Neuropathic pain. It has been shown that neuropathic pain can be treated with the combination of simultaneous transcranial direct current stimulation and the generation...
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Posted on 19 NOV 2018
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Energy-Optimal Human Walking With Feedback-Controlled Robotic Prostheses: A Computational Study
Lower-limb amputees typically experience reduced mobility and higher metabolic rates than non-amputees. It may be possible to improve their mobility and metabolic rate with an optimized robotic prosthesis. Here, we use large-scale trajectory optimization on a simulated transtibial amputee with...
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Posted on 19 SEP 2018