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: L. Sloot, J. Bae, L. Baker, K. O'Donnell, N. Menard, F. Porciuncula, D. Choe, T. Ellis, L. Awad, C. Walsh Tags: Short communication Source Type: research