Biomechanics

Design and Test of a Biomechanical Model for the Estimation of Knee Joint Angle During Indoor Rowing: Implications for FES-Rowing Protocols in Paraplegia

Author(s)3: Taian Vieira, Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Laura Gastaldi, Stefano Pastorelli, Liliam F. Oliveira, Marco Gazzoni, Alberto Botter
Design and Test of a Biomechanical Model for the Estimation of Knee Joint Angle During Indoor Rowing: Implications for FES-Rowing Protocols in Paraplegia 367 440 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

Functional electrical stimulation of lower limb muscles during rowing provides a means for the cardiovascular conditioning in paraplegia. The possibility of shaping stimulation profiles according to changes in knee angle,…

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Biomechanical and Physiological Evaluation of Multi-Joint Assistance With Soft Exosuits

Biomechanical and Physiological Evaluation of Multi-Joint Assistance With Soft Exosuits

Author(s)3: Ye Ding, Ignacio Galiana, Alan T. Asbeck, Stefano Marco Maria De Rossi, Jaehyun Bae, Thiago Ribeiro Teles Santos, Vanessa Lara de Araújo, Sangjun Lee, Kenneth G. Holt, Conor Walsh
Biomechanical and Physiological Evaluation of Multi-Joint Assistance With Soft Exosuits 780 435 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

To understand the effects of soft exosuits on human loaded walking, we developed a reconfigurable multi-joint actuation platform that can provide synchronized forces to the ankle and hip joints. Two…

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Running With a Powered Knee and Ankle Prosthesis

Author(s)3: Brian E. Lawson, Michael Goldfarb, Amanda H. Schultz
Running With a Powered Knee and Ankle Prosthesis 556 235 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

Abstract This paper presents a running control architecture for a powered knee and ankle prosthesis that enables a transfemoral amputee to run with a biomechanically appropriate running gait and to intentionally transition between…

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