Identification of Hip and Knee Joint Impedance During the Swing Phase of Walking

Knowledge on joint impedance during walking in various conditions is relevant for clinical decision-making and the development of robotic gait trainers, leg prostheses, leg orthotics and wearable exoskeletons. Whereas ankle impedance during walking has been experimentally assessed, knee and hip join...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2022-08
Hauptverfasser: van der Kooij, Herman, Fricke, Simone S, Ronald C van 't Veld, Ander Vallinas Prieto, Arvid Q L Keemink, Schouten, Alfred C, Edwin H F van Asseldonk
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Zusammenfassung:Knowledge on joint impedance during walking in various conditions is relevant for clinical decision-making and the development of robotic gait trainers, leg prostheses, leg orthotics and wearable exoskeletons. Whereas ankle impedance during walking has been experimentally assessed, knee and hip joint impedance during walking have not been identified yet. Here we developed and evaluated a lower limb perturbator to identify hip, knee and ankle joint impedance during treadmill walking. The lower limb perturbator (LOPER) consists of an actuator connected to the thigh via rods. The LOPER allows to apply force perturbations to a free-hanging leg, while standing on the contralateral leg, with a bandwidth of up to 39 Hz. While walking in minimal impedance mode, the interaction forces between LOPER and the thigh were low (
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2112.05564