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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017

An Adaptive Classification Strategy for Reliable Locomotion Mode Recognition.

Ming Liu, Fan Zhang, He Helen Huang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Vibrotactile Haptic and Gesture Feedback in a Smartwatch for Controlling a Multi-Activity Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2025
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  3. Ambilateral Activity Recognition and Continuous Adaptation with a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis.IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society · 2025
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  6. Electromyography-Based Control of Lower Limb Prostheses: A Systematic Review.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2023
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  8. Real-Time Gait Phase and Task Estimation for Controlling a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton on Extremely Uneven Terrain.IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ming LiuNeuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA. mliu10@ncsu.edu.
Fan ZhangNeuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA. fzhang9@ncsu.edu.
He Helen HuangNeuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA. helen-huang@unc.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Algorithms for locomotion mode recognition (LMR) based on surface electromyography and mechanical sensors have recently been developed and could be used for the neural control of powered prosthetic legs. However, the variations in input signals, caused by physical changes at the sensor interface and human physiological changes, may threaten the reliability of these algorithms. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of applying adaptive pattern classifiers for LMR. Three adaptive classifiers, i.e., entropy-based adaptation (EBA), LearnIng From Testing data (LIFT), and Transductive Support Vector Machine (TSVM), were compared and offline evaluated using data collected from two able-bodied subjects and one transfemoral amputee. The offline analysis indicated that the adaptive classifier could effectively maintain or restore the performance of the LMR algorithm when gradual signal variations occurred. EBA and LIFT were recommended because of their better performance and higher computational efficiency. Finally, the EBA was implemented for real-time human-in-the-loop prosthesis control. The online evaluation showed that the applied EBA effectively adapted to changes in input signals across sessions and yielded more reliable prosthesis control over time, compared with the LMR without adaptation. The developed novel adaptive strategy may further enhance the reliability of neurally-controlled prosthetic legs.

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adaptive pattern classifierand human-in-the-looplocomotion mode recognitionpowered prosthesis legsurface electromyography

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PMID28869537
PMCPMC5621085

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