Customizable Task-Agnostic Exoskeleton Control for Targeted Neuromuscular Assistance: Case Series.

ABSTRACT: Goal: This work customizes and validates a task-agnostic bilateral knee exoskeleton controller for targeted assistance of primary neuromuscular deficits in highly impaired individuals. Methods: We leveraged the biomechanics-based structure of the default controller to implement specialized modifications, targeting primary deficits in a participant with post-polio syndrome (PPS) and a participant with multiple sclerosis (MS). We also developed a clinician-friendly Android interface to tune important gait parameters. Results: Customized assistance improved the participants' primary mobility deficits as identified by the clinician, decreasing five-times-sit-to-stand time from 18.9 s to 11.8 s for the PPS participant, and restoring normative knee flexion range of motion an

SUBMITTER: Divekar NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12599887 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature