A5005109069- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
Northern Arizona University
2021-2022
Ankle exoskeletons hold potential to augment human walking ability, yet their use in free-living environments has been limited by the absence of practical and effective control strategies that can appropriately adapt variable terrain. To address this challenge, we derived a novel analytical ankle joint moment estimation model using custom wearable sensors developed an exoskeleton scheme assistance proportional biological plantar-flexor real-time for unimpaired individuals with disabilities...
Hip exoskeletons may hold potential to augment walking performance and mobility in individuals with disabilities. The purpose of this study was design validate a novel autonomous hip exoskeleton user-adaptive control strategy capable reducing the energy cost level incline without impairment. First, small cohort three unimpaired individuals, we validated ability our provide flexion-extension torque that proportional biological moment reduce (24 ± 5% 13 reductions, respectively). Next,...
Human-like motion is a primary goal for many robotic assistive devices. Emulating the strategy of human neuromuscular system may aid control such powered devices, yet challenges remain. In this study, we investigated potential using winding filament model (WFM) muscle to predict net moment ankle. The long-term use improve ankle commercial exoskeleton. innovation aspects study are: First, there have been no commercialized active exoskeletons available in market. All passive joints, which...