Effects of a powered ankle-foot orthosis on perturbed standing balance

Effects of a powered ankle-foot orthosis on perturbed standing balance

Abstract Background Lower extremity exoskeletons are mainly used to provide stepping support, while balancing is left to the user. Designing balance controllers is one of the biggest challenges in the development of exoskeletons. The goal of this study was to design and evaluate a balance controller...

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Main Authors: Amber R. Emmens, Edwin H. F. van Asseldonk, Herman van der Kooij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Standing balance
Ankle-foot orthosis
Balance control
Exoskeleton
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12984-018-0393-8

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