A review of robot-assisted lower-limb stroke therapy: unexplored paths and future directions in gait rehabilitation

B Hobbs, P Artemiadis - Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Stroke affects one out of every six people on Earth. Approximately 90% of stroke survivors
have some functional disability with mobility being a major impairment, which not only …

Lower‐limb robotic rehabilitation: Literature review and challenges

I Díaz, JJ Gil, E Sánchez - Journal of Robotics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a survey of existing robotic systems for lower‐limb rehabilitation. It is a
general assumption that robotics will play an important role in therapy activities within …

Human-in-the-loop optimization of exoskeleton assistance during walking

J Zhang, P Fiers, KA Witte, RW Jackson… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Exoskeletons and active prostheses promise to enhance human mobility, but few have
succeeded. Optimizing device characteristics on the basis of measured human performance …

Review of assistive strategies in powered lower-limb orthoses and exoskeletons

T Yan, M Cempini, CM Oddo, N Vitiello - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Starting from the early research in the 1960s, especially in the last two decades, orthoses
and exoskeletons have been significantly developed. They are designed in different …

Recent development of mechanisms and control strategies for robot-assisted lower limb rehabilitation

W Meng, Q Liu, Z Zhou, Q Ai, B Sheng, SS ** in an exoskeleton with non-invasive spinal cord neuromodulation after motor complete paraplegia
P Gad, Y Gerasimenko, S Zdunowski… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
We asked whether coordinated voluntary movement of the lower limbs could be regained in
an individual having been completely paralyzed (> 4 year) and completely absent of vision …

A pneumatically powered knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) with myoelectric activation and inhibition

GS Sawicki, DP Ferris - Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2009 - Springer
Background The goal of this study was to test the mechanical performance of a prototype
knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) powered by artificial pneumatic muscles during human …

[PDF][PDF] A portable powered ankle-foot orthosis for rehabilitation.

KA Shorter, GF Kogler, E Loth, WK Durfee… - Journal of …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Innovative technological advancements in the field of orthotics, such as portable powered
orthotic systems, could create new treatment modalities to improve the functional outcome of …

Robotics applications in total knee arthroplasty

E Tokgoz, S Levitt, D Sosa, NA Carola… - Total Knee Arthroplasty: A …, 2023 - Springer
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) started to experience the impact of robotic technology
development with applications in a variety of areas. There are robotic systems such as …