[HTML][HTML] Control of mammalian locomotion by somatosensory feedback

A Frigon, T Akay, BI Prilutsky - Comprehensive physiology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When animals walk overground, mechanical stimuli activate various receptors located in
muscles, joints and skin. Afferents from these mechanoreceptors project to neuronal …

Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis

A Rowald, S Komi, R Demesmaeker, E Baaklini… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) targeting the dorsal roots of lumbosacral segments
restores walking in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, EES is delivered with …

Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with spinal cord injury

FB Wagner, JB Mignardot, CG Le Goff-Mignardot… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury leads to severe locomotor deficits or even complete leg paralysis. Here we
introduce targeted spinal cord stimulation neurotechnologies that enabled voluntary control …

OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement

A Seth, JL Hicks, TK Uchida, A Habib… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Movement is fundamental to human and animal life, emerging through interaction of
complex neural, muscular, and skeletal systems. Study of movement draws from and …

Emergence of epidural electrical stimulation to facilitate sensorimotor network functionality after spinal cord injury

JS Calvert, PJ Grahn, KD Zhao, KH Lee - Neuromodulation: Technology at …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts signaling pathways between the
brain and spinal networks below the level of injury. In cases of severe SCI, permanent loss …

Gait recognition for lower limb exoskeletons based on interactive information fusion

W Chen, J Li, S Zhu, X Zhang, Y Men… - Applied Bionics and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, although the research on gait recognition of lower limb exoskeleton robot
has been widely developed, there are still limitations in rehabilitation training and clinical …

Dual electrical stimulation at spinal-muscular interface reconstructs spinal sensorimotor circuits after spinal cord injury

K Zhou, W Wei, D Yang, H Zhang, W Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The neural signals produced by varying electrical stimulation parameters lead to
characteristic neural circuit responses. However, the characteristics of neural circuits …

Feasibility and tolerance of a robotic postural training to improve standing in a person with ambulatory spinal cord injury

V Santamaria, TD Luna, SK Agrawal - Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2021 - nature.com
An ambulatory elder with SCI, AIS C, balance deficits, and right ankle-foot-orthosis
participated. RobUST-intervention comprised six 90 min-sessions of postural tasks with …

Proprioception: Bottom-up directive for motor recovery after spinal cord injury

A Takeoka - Neuroscience Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Proprioceptive feedback provides movement-matched sensory information essential for
motor control and recovery after spinal cord injury. While it is understood that the …

Computational evidence for nonlinear feedforward modulation of fusimotor drive to antagonistic co-contracting muscles

RL Hardesty, MT Boots, S Yakovenko, V Gritsenko - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The sensorimotor integration during unconstrained reaching movements in the presence of
variable environmental forces remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to …