AIMC Topic: Ankle Joint

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Enhanced gastrocnemius-mimicking lower limb powered exoskeleton robot.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: Lower limb muscle bionic devices have attracted significant attention in rehabilitation and assistive sports technology. Despite advancements in mimicking human movement, current devices still face challenges in enhancing strength and mov...

Comparison of lower limb kinematic and kinetic estimation during athlete jumping between markerless and marker-based motion capture systems.

Scientific reports
Markerless motion capture (ML) systems, which utilize deep learning algorithms, have significantly expanded the applications of biomechanical analysis. Jump tests are now essential tools for athlete monitoring and injury prevention. However, the vali...

Reinforcement Learning-Driven Path Generation for Ankle Rehabilitation Robot Using Musculoskeletal-Informed Energy Optimization.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
In rehabilitation robotics, optimizing energy consumption and high interaction forces is essential to prevent unnecessary muscle fatigue and excessive joint loading as they often cause an inefficient trajectory planning and disrupt natural movement p...

Automated radiography assessment of ankle joint instability using deep learning.

Scientific reports
This study developed and evaluated a deep learning (DL)-based system for automatically measuring talar tilt and anterior talar translation on weight-bearing ankle radiographs, which are key parameters in diagnosing ankle joint instability. The system...

Multicontact Safety-Critical Planning and Adaptive Neural Control of a Soft Exosuit Over Different Terrains.

IEEE transactions on cybernetics
Many previous works on wearable soft exosuits have primarily focused on assisting human motion, while overlooking safety concerns during movement. This article introduces a novel single-motor, altering bi-directional transfer soft exosuit based on im...

The improved extrapolated center of mass enhances the safety of exoskeleton system.

Scientific reports
Maintaining the balance and safety of the exoskeleton human-robot coupling system is a prerequisite for realizing the rehabilitation training function. Therefore, research on the balance of lower limb exoskeleton robots has attracted much attention. ...

Comparison of Ground Reaction Forces and Net Joint Moment Predictions: Skeletal Model Versus Artificial Neural Network-Based Approach.

Journal of applied biomechanics
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are becoming a regular tool to support biomechanical methods, while physics-based models are widespread to understand the mechanics of body in motion. Thus, this study aimed to demonstrate the accuracy of recurrent A...

Ankle Kinematics Estimation Using Artificial Neural Network and Multimodal IMU Data.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have become attractive for monitoring joint kinematics due to their portability and versatility. However, their limited accuracy, inability to analyze data in real-time, and complex data fusion algorithms requiring p...

Factors contributing to chronic ankle instability in parcel delivery workers based on machine learning techniques.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: Ankle injuries in parcel delivery workers (PDWs) are most often caused by trips. Ankle sprains have high recurrence rates and are associated with chronic ankle instability (CAI). This study aimed to develop, determine, and compare the pre...

Predicting lower body joint moments and electromyography signals using ground reaction forces during walking and running: An artificial neural network approach.

Gait & posture
BACKGROUND: This study leverages Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to predict lower limb joint moments and electromyography (EMG) signals from Ground Reaction Forces (GRF), providing a novel perspective on human gait analysis. This approach aims to e...