OBJECTIVE: The main aim was to compare robotic gait training vs. balance training for reducing postural instability in patients with Parkinson's disease. The secondary aim was to compare their effects on the level of confidence during activities of d...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Feb 11, 2014
PURPOSE: The goal was to assess in healthy participants the three-dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and the trunk during robot-assisted treadmill walking (RATW) at 0%, 30% and 50% body weight support (BWS), compared with treadmill walking (TW).
European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
Jan 30, 2014
BACKGROUND: Robotics and related technologies are realizing their promise to improve the delivery of rehabilitation therapy but the mechanism by which they enhance recovery is still unknown. The electromechanical-driven gait orthosis Lokomat has demo...
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering
Jun 14, 2013
The aim of this study was to present a new training algorithm using artificial neural networks called multi-objective least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (MOBJ-LASSO) applied to the classification of dynamic gait patterns. The movement pa...
Incomplete tetraplegia, incomplete paraplegia, and cauda equina syndrome are major neurological disorders that significantly reduce patients' quality of life, primarily due to impaired motor function and gait instability. Although conventional neurol...
Stick insects exhibit remarkable adaptive walking capabilities across diverse environments; however, the mechanisms underlying their gait transitions remain poorly understood. Although reinforcement learning (RL) has been employed to generate insect-...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 2, 2025
BACKGROUND: Classifying and predicting Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging because of its diverse subtypes based on severity levels. Currently, identifying objective biomarkers associated with disease severity that can distinguish PD subtypes in ...
The relationship between morphology and locomotion performance in amphibious fish remains poorly understood, particularly in axial-appendage-based and appendage-based movements. To address this, we introduce Polymander, a reconfigurable robot capable...
Gait analysis is crucial for diagnosing and monitoring various healthcare conditions, but traditional marker-based motion capture (MoCap) systems require expensive equipment, extensive setup, and trained personnel, limiting their accessibility in cli...
Despite remarkable progress in robotic exoskeletons, exoskeletons are still far from matching human-level guidance and locomotion performance in gait training or movement enhancement. A desirable exoskeleton would first provide a standard gait profil...