ArticleThe Journal of experimental biology2017
Muscle-tendon mechanics explain unexpected effects of exoskeleton assistance on metabolic rate during walking.
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- Modelling the interaction between wearable assistive devices and digital human models-A systematic review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Pooled it
- Modifying ankle foot orthosis stiffness in patients with calf muscle weakness: gait responses on group and individual level.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- Why inverse simulations overestimate optimal ankle exoskeleton assistance: the role of bi-articular coordination and joint stiffness.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Mechanics-based estimation of metabolic cost of locomotion in rehabilitation: A narrative review.Biomedical engineering online · 2026Review
- Predicting lower body joint moments and electromyography signals using ground reaction forces during walking and running: An artificial neural network approach.Gait & posture · 2025Article
- Biomechanical models in the lower-limb exoskeletons development: a review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Review
- Insights into muscle metabolic energetics: Modelling muscle-tendon mechanics and metabolic rates during walking across speeds.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Springs vs. motors: Ideal assistance in the lower limbs during walking at different speeds.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Perturbation-based estimation of within-stride cycle metabolic cost.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Quantifying changes in individual-specific template-based representations of center-of-mass dynamics during walking with ankle exoskeletons using Hybrid-SINDy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Lower limb biomechanics of fully trained exoskeleton users reveal complex mechanisms behind the reductions in energy cost with human-in-the-loop optimization.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- The Determination of Assistance-as-Needed Support by an Ankle-Foot Orthosis for Patients with Foot Drop.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Assisting walking balance using a bio-inspired exoskeleton controller.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Age-related changes in gait biomechanics and their impact on the metabolic cost of walking: Report from a National Institute on Aging workshop.Experimental gerontology · 2023Review
- A machine learning approach to quantify individual gait responses to ankle exoskeletons.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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- Walking with increasing acceleration is achieved by tuning ankle torque onset timing and rate of torque development.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Characterizing the relationship between peak assistance torque and metabolic cost reduction during running with ankle exoskeletons.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
The goal of this study was to gain insight into how ankle exoskeletons affect the behavior of the plantarflexor muscles during walking. Using data from previous experiments, we performed electromyography-driven simulations of musculoskeletal dynamics to explore how changes in exoskeleton assistance affected plantarflexor muscle-tendon mechanics, particularly for the soleus. We used a model of muscle energy consumption to estimate individual muscle metabolic rate. As average exoskeleton torque was increased, while no net exoskeleton work was provided, a reduction in tendon recoil led to an increase in positive mechanical work performed by the soleus muscle fibers. As net exoskeleton work was increased, both soleus muscle fiber force and positive mechanical work decreased. Trends in the sum of the metabolic rates of the simulated muscles correlated well with trends in experimentally observed whole-body metabolic rate (
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