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dc.contributor.authorCroci, E
dc.contributor.authorGassert, R
dc.contributor.authorShirota, C
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-14T04:31:34Z
dc.date.available2021-01-14T04:31:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.isbn9783030018863
dc.identifier.issn2195-3562
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/401065
dc.description.abstractMaintaining balance following gait perturbations is difficult and still not well addressed in gait assistive devices. A challenge is in identifying perturbations, and whether and which responses are required to reestablish balance and walking. Here, we investigate the timing of changes in the kinematic and muscle activation patterns of unimpaired subjects to external perturbations. We used the ETH Knee Perturbator to lock the knee at different points of swing phase, and identified changes in the gait pattern with Statistical Parametric Mapping, adjusted for data containing perturbations. We show that kinematic patterns differ within approximately 100 ms of the perturbation, and that muscle activity changes later, much closer to foot-strike. Our results suggest that mechanical (joint angles and velocities) sensors are best suited to identify external perturbations, devices should change their behavior in response to such perturbations, and responses may not need to be initiated immediately following the perturbation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (WeRob2018)
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleBiosystems and Biorobotics
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2018-10-16
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2018-10-20
dc.relation.ispartoflocationPisa, Italy
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom100
dc.relation.ispartofpageto104
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.subject.fieldofresearchRehabilitation engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode400310
dc.titleMaintaining gait balance after perturbations to the leg: Kinematic and electromyographic patterns
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCroci, E; Gassert, R; Shirota, C, Maintaining gait balance after perturbations to the leg: Kinematic and electromyographic patterns, Biosystems and Biorobotics, 2019, 22, pp. 100-104
dc.date.updated2021-01-14T04:08:04Z
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gro.rights.copyright© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
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gro.griffith.authorShirota, Camila


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