AIMC Topic: Biomechanical Phenomena

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Method for Muscle Tone Monitoring During Robot-Assisted Therapy of Hand Function: A Proof of Concept.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function is becoming an established approach to complement conventional therapy after stroke, particularly in view of its possible unsupervised use to promote an increase in therapy dose. Given their intensive th...

Development of a Robotic Unloader Brace for Investigation of Conservative Treatment of Medial Knee Osteoarthritis.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a painful and debilitating condition that is associated with mechanical loading of the knee joint. Numerous conservative treatment strategies have been developed to delay time to total joint replacement. Unloader braces a...

On the Design of a Novel Underactuated Robotic Finger Prosthesis for Partial Hand Amputation.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This paper presents a novel robotic finger prosthesis for partially amputated patients who have lost a thumb and index finger. The challenging issues were to design i) a three-degree-of-freedom (DOF) underactuated mechanism that mimics intact finger ...

An Assistive Control Strategy for Rehabilitation Robots Using Velocity Field and Force Field.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In this paper, we address the problem of assist-as-needed (AAN) control of rehabilitation robots. The objective is to develop a path tracking control scheme with the minimized intervention of the robot to gain active participation of impaired subject...

Virtual Reality Environments and Haptic Strategies to Enhance Implicit Learning and Motivation in Robot-Assisted Training.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Motivation plays a crucial role in motor learning and neurorehabilitation. Participants' motivation could decline to a point where they may stop training when facing a very difficult task. Conversely, participants may perform well and consider the tr...

Co-Ex: A Torque-Controllable Lower Body Exoskeleton for Dependable Human-Robot Co-existence.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In this paper, we present our research study concerning the design and development of an exoskeleton that aims to provide 3D walking support with minimum number of actuators. Following a prior simulation study, the joint configuration was primarily d...

3-D Dynamic Walking Trajectory Generation for a Bipedal Exoskeleton with Underactuated Legs: A Proof of Concept.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This paper presents a framework to address three dimensional (3-D) dynamic walking for a bipedal exoskeleton with underactuated legs. To achieve this goal, the framework is constructed via a trajectory generator and an optimized inverse kinematics al...

Development of a "transparent operation mode" for a lower-limb exoskeleton designed for children with cerebral palsy.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Robot-assisted rehabilitation in children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is expected to lead to neuroplasticity and reduce the burden of motor impairments. For a lower-limb exoskeleton to perform well in this context, it is essential that ...

Simulation on the Effect of Gait Variability, Delays, and Inertia with Respect to Wearer Energy Savings with Exoskeleton Assistance.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Exoskeletons are human-robot interfaces that have enormous potential to assist people with everyday tasks. To improve the design of exoskeletons for use in clinical populations, it is important to further our understanding of how exoskeleton design a...

Bio-inspired design and validation of the Efficient Lockable Spring Ankle (ELSA) prosthesis.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Over the last decade, active lower-limb prostheses demonstrated their ability to restore a physiological gait for transfemoral amputees by supplying the required positive energy balance during daily life locomotion activities. However, the added-valu...