ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2022
Modular hip exoskeleton improves walking function and reduces sedentary time in community-dwelling older adults.
Article in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05197127 (Implementing a Robotic Hip Assist-based Mobility Intervention for Older Adults With Frailty), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Implementing a Robotic Hip Assist-based Mobility Intervention for Older Adults With Frailty
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- A State-of-the-Art of Exoskeletons in Line with the WHO's Vision on Healthy Aging: From Rehabilitation of Intrinsic Capacities to Augmentation of Functional Abilities.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Safety & efficacy of a robotic hip exoskeleton on outpatient stroke rehabilitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Advancing human sensorimotor research through modular robotics: the case of the HRX-1.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Review
- Technology-Based Interventions for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Adults: A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Diff-MomentFormer: Generative Diffusion-Augmented Transformer for End-to-End Joint Moment Estimation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Versatile Exoskeleton Control Supports Elderly Joint Energetics During Hip-Intensive Tasks.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2026Article
- Portable exoskeletons for upper limb rehabilitation: A systematic review.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Effects of a Gait Assistance and Gait Resistance Training Program Using a Walking-Assist Wearable Robot for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Single-Group, Pre-, and Posttest Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Ultra-lightweight robotic hip exoskeleton with anti-phase torque symmetry for enhanced walking efficiency.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Understanding the perspectives of older adults and physiotherapists on home-based lower-limb exoskeletons.Wearable technologies · 2025Article
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the benefits of physical activity for healthy physical and cognitive aging, 35% of adults over the age of 75 in the United States are inactive. Robotic exoskeleton-based exercise studies have shown benefits in improving walking function, but most are conducted in clinical settings with a neurologically impaired population. Emerging technology is starting to enable easy-to-use, lightweight, wearable robots, but their impact in the otherwise healthy older adult population remains mostly unknown. For the first time, this study investigates the feasibility and efficacy of using a lightweight, modular hip exoskeleton for in-community gait training in the older adult population to improve walking function.
methodsTwelve adults over the age of 65 were enrolled in a gait training intervention involving twelve 30-min sessions using the Gait Enhancing and Motivating System for Hip in their own senior living community.
resultsPerformance-based outcome measures suggest clinically significant improvements in balance, gait speed, and endurance following the exoskeleton training, and the device was safe and well tolerated. Gait speed below 1.0 m/s is an indicator of fall risk, and two out of the four participants below this threshold increased their self-selected gait speed over 1.0 m/s after intervention. Time spent in sedentary behavior also decreased significantly.
conclusionsThis intervention resulted in greater improvements in speed and endurance than traditional exercise programs, in significantly less time. Together, our results demonstrated that exoskeleton-based gait training is an effective intervention and novel approach to encouraging older adults to exercise and reduce sedentary time, while improving walking function. Future work will focus on whether the device can be used independently long-term by older adults as an everyday exercise and community-use personal mobility device. Trial registration This study was retrospectively registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT05197127).
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