An impairment-specific hip exoskeleton assistance for gait training in subjects with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 19343 - 16
• Main Authors: Livolsi, Chiara, Conti, Roberto, Guanziroli, Eleonora, Friðriksson, Þór, Alexandersson, Ásgeir, Kristjánsson, Kristleifur, Esquenazi, Alberto, Molino Lova, Raffaele, Romo, Duane, Giovacchini, Francesco, Crea, Simona, Molteni, Franco, Vitiello, Nicola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.11.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/166/985; 692/617/375/346; Biomechanical Phenomena; Brain Injuries; Brain injury; Exoskeleton; Exoskeleton Device; Feasibility Studies; Gait; Hip; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Kinematics; Knee; multidisciplinary; Pelvis; Rehabilitation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Training; Traumatic brain injury; Walking

This study was designed to investigate the feasibility and the potential effects on walking performance of a short gait training with a novel impairment-specific hip assistance (iHA) through a bilateral active pelvis orthosis (APO) in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Fourteen subjects capa...