An ecologically-controlled exoskeleton can improve balance recovery after slippage

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 46721
• Main Authors: Monaco, V., Tropea, P., Aprigliano, F., Martelli, D., Parri, A., Cortese, M., Molino-Lova, R., Vitiello, N., Micera, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.05.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/985; 692/700/784; Accidental Falls - prevention & control; Aged; Amputation; Amputees - rehabilitation; Autonomy; Balance; Design; Exoskeleton; Falls; Geriatrics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Kinematics; Lower Extremity - physiopathology; Lower Extremity - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Older people; Orthotic Devices; Pelvis; Postural Balance - physiology; Quality of Life; Real time; Recovery of Function; Robotics; Science; Walking - physiology

The evolution to bipedalism forced humans to develop suitable strategies for dynamically controlling their balance, ensuring stability, and preventing falling. The natural aging process and traumatic events such as lower-limb loss can alter the human ability to control stability significantly increa...