ReviewNature biomedical engineering2023
Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance.
Review in Nature biomedical engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06602544 (Preventing Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Using Soft Robotic Apparel), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers.
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Preventing Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Using Soft Robotic Apparel
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exoskeleton rehabilitation robot training for balance and lower limb function in sub-acute stroke patients: a pilot, randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Biomechanical energy harvesting to improve post-stroke mobility.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Enhancing sit-to-stand transitions and walking efficiency in older adults with a soft robotic suit.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Motor-free hip exosuit via high-output fibrous dielectric elastomer actuators.Science advances · 2026Article
- PositiveAssist: Energy-Gated Control for Positive Power Assistance of Exoskeleton in Walking, Running, and Stair Climbing.IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics : a joint publication of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division · 2026Article
- User preference-based human-in-the-loop tuning of exoskeleton assistance during walking.npj biomedical innovations · 2026Article
- Diff-MomentFormer: Generative Diffusion-Augmented Transformer for End-to-End Joint Moment Estimation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Synthetic Data-Driven Exoskeleton Control via Contralateral Gait Fusion for Variable-Speed Walking.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Modeling and validation of crutch-supported exoskeleton gait using a double-inverted pendulum approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Shoulder Assistive Exoskeleton for Insulator Replacement.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Simplifying rehabilitation control of lower-limb exoskeletons in five ambulation modes via dataset-driven state-machine calibration.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Textile suit for anywhere full-body motion capture.Science advances · 2026Article
- Motor imagery BCI enables more practical and user-friendly exoskeleton control than smartwatch for users with spinal cord injury: a preliminary study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Portable hip exoskeleton improves walking economy for stroke survivors.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Smart exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation after fracture surgery: closed-loop control, personalized load management, and integrated telemonitoring.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- PETRA: a pedestal exoskeletal testbed with real-time architecture for upper limb rehabilitation robotics.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Subject-independent gait activity recognition using DSAF: dual-stream IMU-EMG attention fusion with asymmetric temporal encoding and physiological complementarity weighting.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2026Article
- A compact external-rail linear actuation mechanism with a high stroke-to-length ratio for wearable exoskeleton applications.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
- Patient and clinician perceptions, expectations, and usability of ankle exoskeletons for daily living: a mixed-methods survey study.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Concerted control framework for human-exoskeleton co-adaptation using ground reaction forces.Wearable technologies · 2026Article
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with wearable devices and of the physiology of locomotion have informed the design of rigid and soft exoskeletons that can specifically target a single joint or a single activity. In this Review, we highlight the main advances of the past two decades in exoskeleton technology and in the development of lower-extremity exoskeletons for locomotor assistance, discuss research needs for such wearable robots and the clinical requirements for exoskeleton-assisted gait rehabilitation, and outline the main clinical challenges and opportunities for exoskeleton technology.
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