Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke

Jesus De Miguel-Fernandez; Camille Pescatore; Alba Mesa-Garrido; Cindy Rikhof; Erik Prinsen; Josep M. Font-Llagunes; Joan Lobo-Prat

doi:10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925441

Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke

Jesus De Miguel-Fernandez, Camille Pescatore, Alba Mesa-Garrido, Cindy Rikhof, Erik Prinsen, Josep M. Font-Llagunes, Joan Lobo-Prat

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Abstract

Recent studies on ankle exoskeletons have shown the feasibility of this technology for post-stroke gait rehabilitation. The main contribution of the present work is a comprehensive experimental analysis and protocol that focused on evaluating a wide range of biomechanical, usability and users' perception metrics under three different walking conditions: without exoskeleton, with an ankle exoskeleton unpowered, and with an ankle exoskeleton powered. To carry out this study, we developed the ABLE-S exoskeleton that can provide time-Adapted ankle plantarflexion and dorsiflexion assistance. Tests with five participants with chronic stroke showed that walking with the ABLE-S exoskeleton significantly corrected foot drop by 25 % while reducing hip compensatory movements by 21 %. Furthermore, asymmetrical spatial gait patterns were significantly reduced by 51 % together with a significant increase in the average foot tilting angle at heel strike by 349 %. The total time to don, doff and set-up the device was of 7.86 ± 2.90 minutes. Finally, 80 % of the participants indicated that they were satisfied with their walking performance while wearing the exoskeleton, and 60 % would use the device for community ambulation. The results of this study add to the existing body of evidence supporting that ankle exoskeletons can improve gait biomechanics for post-stroke individuals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665458498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925441
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2022 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 21 Aug 2022 → 24 Aug 2022 Conference number: 9

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Volume	2022-August
ISSN (Print)	2155-1774

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Conference	9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2022
Abbreviated title	BioRob 2022
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	21/08/22 → 24/08/22

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n/a OA procedure

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De Miguel-Fernandez, J., Pescatore, C., Mesa-Garrido, A., Rikhof, C., Prinsen, E., Font-Llagunes, J. M., & Lobo-Prat, J. (2022). Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke. In BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics; Vol. 2022-August). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925441

De Miguel-Fernandez, Jesus ; Pescatore, Camille ; Mesa-Garrido, Alba et al. / Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke. BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE, 2022. (Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics).

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De Miguel-Fernandez, J, Pescatore, C, Mesa-Garrido, A, Rikhof, C, Prinsen, E, Font-Llagunes, JM & Lobo-Prat, J 2022, Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke. in BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, vol. 2022-August, IEEE, 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2022, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 21/08/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925441

Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke. / De Miguel-Fernandez, Jesus; Pescatore, Camille; Mesa-Garrido, Alba et al.
BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE, 2022. (Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics; Vol. 2022-August).

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De Miguel-Fernandez J, Pescatore C, Mesa-Garrido A, Rikhof C, Prinsen E, Font-Llagunes JM et al. Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke. In BioRob 2022 - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE. 2022. (Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics). doi: 10.1109/BioRob52689.2022.9925441

Immediate Biomechanical Effects of Providing Adaptive Assistance with an Ankle Exoskeleton in Individuals after Stroke

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