Effectively Quantifying the Performance of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons Over a Range of Walking Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Exoskeletons and other wearable robotic devices have a wide range of potential applications, including assisting patients with walking pathologies, acting as tools for rehabilitation, and enhancing the capabilities of healthy humans. However, applying these devices effectively in a real-world setting can be challenging, as the optimal design features and control commands for an exoskeleton are highly dependent on the current user, task and environment. Consequently, robust metrics and methods for quantifying exoskeleton performance are required. This work presents an analysis of walking data collected for healthy subjects walking with an active pelvis exoskeleton over three assistance scenarios and five walking contexts. Spatial and temporal, kinematic, kinetic and other novel dynamic gait

SUBMITTER: Gordon DFN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904313 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature