ArticleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2023
Design and evaluation of an independent 4-week, exosuit-assisted, post-stroke community walking program.
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- Effect of an exosuit on daily life gait performance in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Effects of Ankle Exoskeleton Motor Location on Gait Biomechanics and User Perceptions: The Bowden Cable Dilemma.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2025Article
- Learning-based 3D human kinematics estimation using behavioral constraints from activity classification.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Learning based lower limb joint kinematic estimation using open source IMU data.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Multi-Modal Sensing for Propulsion Estimation in People Post-Stroke Across Speeds.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2025Article
- Estimating braking and propulsion forces during overground running in and out of the lab.PloS one · 2025Article
- Implementation of a unilateral hip flexion exosuit to aid paretic limb advancement during inpatient gait retraining for individuals post-stroke: a feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- A Propulsion Neuroprosthesis Improves Overground Walking in Community-Dwelling Individuals After Stroke.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Chronic impairment in the paretic ankle following stroke often requires that individuals use compensatory patterns such as asymmetric propulsion to achieve effective walking speeds needed for community engagement. Ankle exosuit assistance can provide ankle biomechanical benefit in the lab, but such environments inherently limit the amount of practice available. Community walking studies without exosuits can provide massed practice and benefit walking speed but are limited in their ability to assist proper mechanics. In this study, we combined the positive aspects of community training with those of exosuit assistance. We developed and evaluated a community Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (cREAL) program. Four participants in the chronic stage of stroke independently used our community ankle exosuit for walking in the community 3-5 days/week for 4 weeks. We performed lab evaluations before and after the 4-week program. Two participants significantly improved their unassisted paretic propulsion by an average of 27% after the program and walked on average 4001 steps/day more in the week following the program. Despite the small number of participants, this study provides preliminary evidence for the potential of exosuits to augment gait training and rehabilitation in the community.
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