O 089 - A soft robotic exosuit assisting the paretic ankle in patients post-stroke: effect on muscle activation during overground walking

Stroke, the leading cause of long-term disability, often results in slow and energetically inefficient gait. Our group has developed a body-worn soft robot (exosuit) that provides ankle plantar- and dorsiflexion assistance, which has been demonstrated to improves paretic propulsion, foot ground clearance, and efficiency during treadmill walking [1 –3]. For the exosuit to be an effective tool for gait training during stroke rehabilitation, these effects need to translate to overground walking and with minimal slacking, i.e.
Source: Gait and Posture - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Short communication Source Type: research