Owing to the recent progress in the field of supportive robotic technologies, interest in the
area of active orthoses and exoskeletons has increased rapidly. The first attempts to create …

Objective The aim of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies that
investigated the effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy on ankle motor and function …

In this work, we decided to apply a hierarchical weighted decision, proposed and used in
other research fields, for the recognition of gait phases. The developed and validated novel …

This paper presents the modular design and control of a novel compliant lower limbmulti-
joint exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of ankle kneemobility and locomotion of pediatric …

This paper presents the pediAnklebot, an impedance-controlled low-friction, backdriveable
robotic device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that trains the ankle …

Abstract Emerging adults, aged 18–25, have come of age in a technology oriented world.
The internet has been critical in mediating their personal relationships and their …

The field of rehabilitation robotics has grown substantially during the past 15 yrs. Studies of
upper limb robot-assisted therapy for adults with moderate to severe hemiparesis after …

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 …

We are designing a pediatric exoskeletal ankle robot (pediatric Anklebot) to promote gait
habilitation in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Few studies have evaluated how much or …

Nowadays, objective measures are becoming prominent in spasticity assessment, to
overcome limitations of clinical scales. Among others, Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold …