Uphill walking with a simple exoskeleton: Plantarflexion assistance leads to proximal adaptations

Uphill walking with a simple exoskeleton: Plantarflexion assistance leads to proximal adaptations

Highlights • Powered ankle exoskeletons can reduce the metabolic cost of uphill walking compared to unpowered walking. • Plantarflexion assistance does not reduce muscular activity of the plantarflexors in uphill walking. • Plantarflexion power is used to increase body centre of mass position in uph...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gait & posture 2015-01, Vol.41 (1), p.246-251
Hauptverfasser: Galle, S, Malcolm, P, Derave, W, De Clercq, D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
Adult
Biomechanical Phenomena
Electromyography
Exercise Test
Exoskeleton
Female
Gait - physiology
Humans
Locomotion
Metabolic cost
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Orthopedics
Orthotic Devices
Robotics
Robotics - methods
Uphill walking
Walking - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Powered ankle exoskeletons can reduce the metabolic cost of uphill walking compared to unpowered walking. • Plantarflexion assistance does not reduce muscular activity of the plantarflexors in uphill walking. • Plantarflexion power is used to increase body centre of mass position in uphill walking. • Plantarflexion power reduces muscular activity in thigh muscles in uphill walking.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.10.015