TY - CHAP
T1 - A versatile neuromuscular exoskeleton controller for gait assistance
T2 - A preliminary study on spinal cord injury patients
AU - Wu, Amy R.
AU - Dzeladini, Florin
AU - Brug, Tycho J.H.
AU - Tamburella, Federica
AU - Tagliamonte, Nevio L.
AU - van Asseldonk, Edwin
AU - van der Kooij, Herman
AU - IJspeert, Auke Jan
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We investigated the capabilities of a reflex-based neuromuscular controller with a knee and hip gait trainer worn by a subject with a complete spinal cord injury. With controller assistance, this subject was able to reach a walking speed of 1.0m/s. Measured joint torques agreed reasonably well with those of healthy subjects. The controller was also robust, recovering from manual swing foot perturbations. These preliminary results are promising for future implementation of neuromuscular controllers on wearable prototypes for real-world walking conditions.
AB - We investigated the capabilities of a reflex-based neuromuscular controller with a knee and hip gait trainer worn by a subject with a complete spinal cord injury. With controller assistance, this subject was able to reach a walking speed of 1.0m/s. Measured joint torques agreed reasonably well with those of healthy subjects. The controller was also robust, recovering from manual swing foot perturbations. These preliminary results are promising for future implementation of neuromuscular controllers on wearable prototypes for real-world walking conditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028451037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_27
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85028451037
SN - 978-3-319-46531-9
T3 - Biosystems and Biorobotics
SP - 163
EP - 167
BT - Wearable Robotics
A2 - González-Vargas, José
A2 - Ibáñez, Jaime
A2 - Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.
A2 - van der Kooij, Herman
A2 - Pons, José Luis
PB - Springer
ER -