Legged locomotion

Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease Using Deep NeuroEnhanceNet With Smartphone Walking Recordings

Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease Using Deep NeuroEnhanceNet With Smartphone Walking Recordings 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
With the development of digital medical technology, ubiquitous smartphones are emerging as valuable tools for the detection of complex and elusive diseases. This paper exploits smartphone walking recording for early… read more

Recurrent Neural Network Enabled Continuous Motion Estimation of Lower Limb Joints From Incomplete sEMG Signals

Recurrent Neural Network Enabled Continuous Motion Estimation of Lower Limb Joints From Incomplete sEMG Signals 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Decoding continuous human motion from surface electromyography (sEMG) in advance is crucial for improving the intelligence of exoskeleton robots. However, incomplete sEMG signals are prevalent on account of unstable data… read more

Modeling the Heterogeneity of Post-Stroke Gait Control in Free-Living Environments Using a Personalized Causal Network

Modeling the Heterogeneity of Post-Stroke Gait Control in Free-Living Environments Using a Personalized Causal Network 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
Post-stroke gait control is a complex, often fail to account for the heterogeneity and continuity of gait in existing gait models. Precisely evaluating gait speed adjustability and gait instability in… read more

MovePort: Multimodal Dataset of EMG, IMU, MoCap, and Insole Pressure for Analyzing Abnormal Movements and Postures in Rehabilitation Training

MovePort: Multimodal Dataset of EMG, IMU, MoCap, and Insole Pressure for Analyzing Abnormal Movements and Postures in Rehabilitation Training 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
In most real world rehabilitation training, patients are trained to regain motion capabilities with the aid of functional/epidural electrical stimulation (FES/EES), under the support of gravity-assist systems to prevent falls.… read more

Improving Walking Path Generation through Biped Constraint in Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired Individuals

Improving Walking Path Generation through Biped Constraint in Indoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired Individuals 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
This paper introduces a walking path generation method specifically developed for the Smart Cane, which is a RNA (Robotic Navigation Assistance Device) aimed at enhancing indoor navigation for visually impaired… read more

Lower-Limb Myoelectric Calibration Postures for Transtibial Prostheses

Lower-Limb Myoelectric Calibration Postures for Transtibial Prostheses 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)
The use of an agonist-antagonist muscle pair for myoelectric control of a transtibial prosthesis requires normalizing the myoelectric signals and identifying their co-contraction signature. Extensive literature has explored the relationship… read more

Prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Using Statistical Inference and Lower–Limb Acceleration Data

Author(s)3: Nader Naghavi, Eric Wade
Prediction of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Using Statistical Inference and Lower–Limb Acceleration Data 1024 371 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

The freezing of gait (FoG) is a common type of motor dysfunction in advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) associated with falls. Over the last decade, a significant amount of studies has…

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Systematic Variation of Prosthetic Foot Spring Affects Center-of-Mass Mechanics and Metabolic Cost During Walking

Author(s)3: Karl E. Zelik, Steven H. Collins, Peter G. Adamczyk, Ava D. Segal, Glenn K. Klute, David C. Morgenroth, Michael E. Hahn, Michael S. Orendurff, Joseph M. Czerniecki, Arthur D. Kuo
Systematic Variation of Prosthetic Foot Spring Affects Center-of-Mass Mechanics and Metabolic Cost During Walking 1264 855 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

Lower-limb amputees expend more energy to walk than non-amputees and have an elevated risk of secondary disabilities. Insufficient push-off by the prosthetic foot may be a contributing factor. We aimed…

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Feasibility of Augmenting Ankle Exoskeleton Walking Performance With Step Length Biofeedback in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy

Author(s)3: Ying Fang, Zachary F. Lerner
Feasibility of Augmenting Ankle Exoskeleton Walking Performance With Step Length Biofeedback in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy 150 150 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

Most people with cerebral palsy (CP) suffer from impaired walking ability and pathological gait patterns. Seeking to improve the effectiveness of gait training in this patient population, this study developed…

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Vibration Stimulation as a Non-Invasive Approach to Monitor the Severity of Meniscus Tears

Author(s)3: Mohsen Safaei, Nicholas B. Bolus, Daniel C. Whittingslow, Hyeon Ki Jeong, Alper Erturk, Omer T. Inan
Vibration Stimulation as a Non-Invasive Approach to Monitor the Severity of Meniscus Tears 983 231 Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE)

Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries are one of the most prevalent medical conditions across age groups. Due to a high load-bearing function, the knee is particularly susceptible to injuries such as…

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