AIMC Topic: Hindlimb

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Robot-assisted mechanical therapy attenuates stroke-induced limb skeletal muscle injury.

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
The efficacy and optimization of poststroke physical therapy paradigms is challenged in part by a lack of objective tools available to researchers for systematic preclinical testing. This work represents a maiden effort to develop a robot-assisted me...

Froghopper-inspired direction-changing concept for miniature jumping robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
To improve the maneuverability and agility of jumping robots, several researchers have studied steerable jumping mechanisms. This steering ability enables robots to reach a particular target by controlling their jumping direction. To this end, we pro...

A neurorobotic platform for locomotor prosthetic development in rats and mice.

Journal of neural engineering
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to develop a robotic interface capable of providing finely-tuned, multidirectional trunk assistance adjusted in real-time during unconstrained locomotion in rats and mice.

A Novel Interactive Exoskeletal Robot for Overground Locomotion Studies in Rats.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
This paper introduces a newly developed apparatus, Iron Rat, for locomotion research in rodents. Its main purpose is to allow maximal freedom of voluntary overground movement of the animal while providing forceful interaction to the hindlimbs. Advant...

Delayed mutual information infers patterns of synaptic connectivity in a proprioceptive neural network.

Journal of computational neuroscience
Understanding the patterns of interconnections between neurons in complex networks is an enormous challenge using traditional physiological approaches. Here we combine the use of an information theoretic approach with intracellular recording to estab...

Automatic Inference of Rat's Hindlimb Trajectory to Synchronize with Forelimb Gait Through Phase.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Synchronous forelimb-hindlimb gait pattern is important to facilitate natural walking behavior of an injured rat with total transection. Since our ultimate research goal is to build a rehabilitation robotic system to simulate the natural walking patt...

A Robotic Platform for 3D Forelimb Rehabilitation with Rats.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In an attempt to promote greater functional recovery after spinal cord injury, researchers have begun exploring combinatorial treatments, such as robotic rehabilitation combined with stem cell transplantation. Since these treatment methods are in the...

[Effect of Acupuncture at Points in Heel Vessel for Circadian Genes of 1 and 2 mRNAs in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus in Insomnia Rats].

Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence and mechanism of acupuncture at the points in Heel Vessel for the circadian clock genes of Period () 1 and 2 mRNAs in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in insomnia rats.

Teaching Adult Rats Spinalized as Neonates to Walk Using Trunk Robotic Rehabilitation: Elements of Success, Failure, and Dependence.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
UNLABELLED: Robot therapy promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) in animal and clinical studies. Trunk actions are important in adult rats spinalized as neonates (NTX rats) that walk autonomously. Quadrupedal robot rehabilitation...