Review of control strategies for lower-limb exoskeletons to assist gait

R Baud, AR Manzoori, A Ijspeert, M Bouri - Journal of NeuroEngineering …, 2021 - Springer
Background Many lower-limb exoskeletons have been developed to assist gait, exhibiting a
large range of control methods. The goal of this paper is to review and classify these control …

A review in gait rehabilitation devices and applied control techniques

SL Chaparro-Cárdenas… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this review is to analyse the different existing technologies for gait
rehabilitation, focusing mainly in robotic devices. Those robots help the patient to recover a …

Safe and compliant guidance by a powered knee exoskeleton for robot-assisted rehabilitation of gait

P Beyl, K Knaepen, S Duerinck, M Van Damme… - Advanced …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In the research field of robot-assisted gait rehabilitation there is increased focus on the
improvement of physical human–robot interaction by means of high-performance actuator …

Gait trajectory and event prediction from state estimation for exoskeletons during gait

K Tanghe, F De Groote, D Lefeber… - … on Neural Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A real-time method is proposed to obtain a single, consistent probabilistic model to predict
future joint angles, velocities, accelerations and jerks, together with the timing for the initial …

Controlling patient participation during robot-assisted gait training

A Koenig, X Omlin, J Bergmann, L Zimmerli… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2011 - Springer
Background The overall goal of this paper was to investigate approaches to controlling
active participation in stroke patients during robot-assisted gait therapy. Although active …

[PDF][PDF] A review on human-exoskeleton coordination towards lower limb robotic exoskeleton systems

Y Ma, X Wu, J Yi, C Wang, C Chen - Int. J. Robot. Autom, 2019 - researchgate.net
The study of lower extremity exoskeleton robots has been pursued for many years and is
now receiving significant attention. A number of review articles have focused on describing …

Motor modules in robot-aided walking

L Gizzi, JF Nielsen, F Felici, JC Moreno… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2012 - Springer
Background It is hypothesized that locomotion is achieved by means of rhythm generating
networks (central pattern generators) and muscle activation generating networks. This …

Design of a modular add-on compliant actuator to convert an orthosis into an assistive exoskeleton

B Brackx, J Geeroms, J Vantilt, V Grosu… - 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In an ageing population many people with muscle weakness may benefit from an assisting
exoskeleton to improve their mobility. Recent developments in research labs around the …

Voluntary gait speed adaptation for robot-assisted treadmill training

A Koenig, C Binder, J Zitzewitz, X Omlin… - 2009 IEEE …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted gait training currently lacks the possibility of the robot to automatically adapt
to the patient's needs and demands (so called “bio-cooperative control strategies”). It is …

Adaptive control of an end-effector based electromechanical gait rehabilitation device

S Hussein, H Schmidt, J Kruger - 2009 IEEE international …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In industrialized countries stroke is the major cause for physical disabilities in adults. In
various clinical studies gait therapy with the help of the electromechanical gait trainer GT-I …