ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2017
A Framework for Measuring the Progress in Exoskeleton Skills in People with Complete Spinal Cord Injury.
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- A systematic review of the determinants of implementation of a locomotor training program using a powered exoskeleton for individuals with a spinal cord injury.Clinical rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- Safety assessment and feasibility of the TWIICE powered exoskeleton for assisted ambulation in individuals with spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- A multidimensional evaluation of the Atalante exoskeleton as an assistive locomotion device for individuals with complete paraplegia: a prospective longitudinal study in a controlled environment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Methodological framework for a user-centered, structured, and digitized training program for exoskeleton pilots in CYBATHLON preparation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Step Timing Change over Time During Wearable Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait Training: A Cross-Sectional Study.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Improvement of quality of life after 2-month exoskeleton training in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- User-centered design of a personal-use exoskeleton: a clinical investigation on the feasibility and usability of the ABLE Exoskeleton device for individuals with spinal cord injury to perform skills for home and community environments.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- TWIICE One powered exoskeleton: effect of design improvements on usability in daily life as measured by the performance in the CYBATHLON race.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Rehabilitation Program for Gait Training Using UAN.GO, a Powered Exoskeleton: A Case Report.Neurology international · 2022Article
- Patterns of whole-body muscle activations following vertical perturbations during standing and walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Exoskeleton home and community use in people with complete spinal cord injury.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Energy Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction of Gait With Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis and Robot (ReWalk)-Assisted Gait in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2020Article
- Case Report: Description of two fractures during the use of a powered exoskeleton.Spinal cord series and cases · 2019Article
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Abstract
For safe application of exoskeletons in people with spinal cord injury at home or in the community, it is required to have completed an exoskeleton training in which users learn to perform basic and advanced skills. So far, a framework to test exoskeleton skills is lacking. The aim of this study was to develop and test the hierarchy and reliability of a framework for measuring the progress in the ability to perform basic and advanced skills. Twelve participants with paraplegia were given twenty-four training sessions in 8 weeks with the Rewalk-exoskeleton. During the 2nd, 4th, and 6th training week the Intermediate-skills-test was performed consisting of 27 skills, measured in an hierarchical order of difficulty, until two skills were not achieved. When participants could walk independently, the Final-skills-test, consisting of 20 skills, was performed in the last training session. Each skill was performed at least two times with a maximum of three attempts. As a reliability measure the consistency was used, which was the number of skills performed the same in the first two attempts relative to the total number. Ten participants completed the training program. Their number of achieved intermediate skills was significantly different between the measurements X
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