Kinematic effects of inertia and friction added by a robotic knee exoskeleton after prolonged walking

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Shirota, C
Tucker, MR
Lambercy, O
Gassert, R
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Amirabdollahian, F

Burdet, E

Masia, L

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2017
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The capabilities of robotic gait assistive devices are ever increasing; however, their adoption outside of the lab is still limited. A critical barrier for the functionality of these devices are the still unknown mechanical properties of the human leg during dynamic conditions such as walking. We built a robotic knee exoskeleton to address this problem. Here, we present the effects of our device on the walking pattern of four subjects. We assessed the effects after a short period of acclimation as well as after a 1.5h walking protocol. We found that the knee exoskeleton decreased (towards extension) the peak hip extension and peak knee flexion of the leg with the exoskeleton, while minimally affecting the non-exoskeleton leg. Comparatively smaller changes occurred after prolonged walking. These results suggest that walking patterns attained after a few minutes of acclimation with a knee exoskeleton are stable for at least a couple of hours.

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IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

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Rehabilitation engineering

Automation engineering

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Robotics

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Shirota, C; Tucker, MR; Lambercy, O; Gassert, R, Kinematic effects of inertia and friction added by a robotic knee exoskeleton after prolonged walking, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2017, pp. 430-434