Upper limb soft robotic wearable devices: a systematic review

E Bardi, M Gandolla, F Braghin, F Resta… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Soft robotic wearable devices, referred to as exosuits, can be a valid alternative
to rigid exoskeletons when it comes to daily upper limb support. Indeed, their inherent …

Perspective on musculoskeletal modelling and predictive simulations of human movement to assess the neuromechanics of gait

F De Groote, A Falisse - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Locomotion results from complex interactions between the central nervous system and the
musculoskeletal system with its many degrees of freedom and muscles. Gaining insight into …

Personalizing exoskeleton assistance while walking in the real world

P Slade, MJ Kochenderfer, SL Delp, SH Collins - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Personalized exoskeleton assistance provides users with the largest improvements in
walking speed and energy economy,–but requires lengthy tests under unnatural laboratory …

OpenCap: Human movement dynamics from smartphone videos

SD Uhlrich, A Falisse, Ł Kidziński… - PLoS computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Measures of human movement dynamics can predict outcomes like injury risk or
musculoskeletal disease progression. However, these measures are rarely quantified in …

A spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson's disease

T Milekovic, EM Moraud, N Macellari, C Moerman… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
People with late-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) often suffer from debilitating locomotor
deficits that are resistant to currently available therapies. To alleviate these deficits, we …

Physics-informed deep learning for musculoskeletal modeling: Predicting muscle forces and joint kinematics from surface EMG

J Zhang, Y Zhao, F Shone, Z Li… - … on Neural Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Musculoskeletal models have been widely used for detailed biomechanical analysis to
characterise various functional impairments given their ability to estimate movement …

A comprehensive, open-source dataset of lower limb biomechanics in multiple conditions of stairs, ramps, and level-ground ambulation and transitions

J Camargo, A Ramanathan, W Flanagan… - Journal of Biomechanics, 2021 - Elsevier
We introduce a novel dataset containing 3-dimensional biomechanical and wearable sensor
data from 22 able-bodied adults for multiple locomotion modes (level-ground/treadmill …

OpenSense: An open-source toolbox for inertial-measurement-unit-based measurement of lower extremity kinematics over long durations

M Al Borno, J O'Day, V Ibarra, J Dunne, A Seth… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The ability to measure joint kinematics in natural environments over long
durations using inertial measurement units (IMUs) could enable at-home monitoring and …

Opensim moco: Musculoskeletal optimal control

CL Dembia, NA Bianco, A Falisse… - PLOS Computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Musculoskeletal simulations are used in many different applications, ranging from the
design of wearable robots that interact with humans to the analysis of patients with impaired …

Training load and injury: causal pathways and future directions

JT Kalkhoven, ML Watsford, AJ Coutts, WB Edwards… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Causal pathways between training loads and the mechanisms of tissue damage and athletic
injury are poorly understood. Here, the relation between specific training load measures and …