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Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 16, 2022
Serially connected robots are promising candidates for performing tasks in confined spaces such as search and rescue in large-scale disasters. Such robots are typically limbless, and we hypothesize that the addition of limbs could improve mobility. H...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 13, 2022
Parkinson's disease is characterized by abnormal gait, which worsens as the condition progresses. Although several methods have been able to classify this feature through pose-estimation algorithms and machine-learning classifiers, few studies have b...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 12, 2022
Currently, there is an intensive development of bipedal walking robots. The most known solutions are based on the use of the principles of human gait created in nature during evolution. Modernbipedal robots are also based on the locomotion manners of...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 8, 2022
I was encouraged by the recent article by Kuo et al. entitled "Prediction of robotic neurorehabilitation functional ambulatory outcome in patients with neurological disorders" to write an opinion piece on the possible further development of stationar...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 6, 2022
Soft exosuits stand out when it comes to the development of walking-assistance devices thanks to both their higher degree of wearability, lower weight, and price compared to the bulkier equivalent rigid exoskeletons. In cable-driven exosuits, the act...
IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence
Jun 3, 2022
Gait is a unique biometric feature that can be recognized at a distance; thus, it has broad applications in crime prevention, forensic identification, and social security. To portray a gait, existing gait recognition methods utilize either a gait tem...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 3, 2022
BACKGROUND: Stroke related motor function deficits affect patients' likelihood of returning to professional activities, limit their participation in society and functionality in daily living. Hence, robot-aided gait rehabilitation needs to be fruitfu...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 3, 2022
BACKGROUND: Stroke is a leading cause of serious gait impairments and restoring walking ability is a major goal of physical therapy interventions. Soft robotic exosuits are portable, lightweight, and unobtrusive assistive devices designed to improve ...
Journal of biomechanics
May 26, 2022
Observations from laboratory-based gait analysis are difficult to extrapolate to real-world environments where gait behavior is modulated in response to complex environmental conditions and surface profiles. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) permit r...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 19, 2022
Pediatric gait disorders are often chronic and accompanied by various complications, which challenge rehabilitation efforts. Here, we retrospectively analyzed the feasibility of overground robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) using a joint-torque-assi...