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2025

Active Back Exosuits Demonstrate Positive Usability Perceptions that Drive Intention-to-use in the Field among Logistic Warehouse Workers. Applied Ergonomics. (see link)

2024

Enhancing Heart Rate-Based Estimation of Energy Expenditure and Exercise Intensity in Patients Post Stroke. Bioengineering. (see link)

Minimum Electromyography Sensor Set Needed to Identify Age-Related Impairments in the Neuromuscular Control of Walking Using the Dynamic Motor Control Index. Sensors. (see link)

Propulsion Modulation Methods in People Post-Stroke during Resistive Ankle Exosuit Use. 2024 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). (see link)

A Propulsion Neuroprosthesis Improves Overground Walking in Community-Dwelling Individuals After Stroke. IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. (see link)

Evaluating Adaptiveness of an Active Back Exosuit for Dynamic Lifting and Maximum Range of Motion. Ergonomics. (see link)

Lightweight Active Back Exosuit Reduces Muscular Effort During an Hour-long Order Picking Task. Communications Engineering. (see link)

Efficacy and Safety of Using Auditory-motor Entrainment to Improve Walking After Stroke: A Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial of InTandem^TM. Nature Communications. (see link)

Automation of Functional Mobility Assessments at Home Using a Multimodal Sensor System Integrating Inertial Measurement Units and Computer Vision (IMU-vision). Physical Therapy. (see link)

A Portable, Neurostimulation-Integrated, Force Measurement Platform for the Clinical Assessment of Plantarflexor Central Drive. Bioengineering. (see link)

2023

Effects of High-intensity Gait Training with and without Soft Robotic Exosuits in People Post-stroke: A Development-of-concept Pilot Crossover Trial. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see link)

Feasibility and Proof-of-Concept of Delivering an Autonomous Music-Based Digital Walking Intervention to Persons with Parkinson’s Disease in a Naturalistic Setting. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. (see link)

Safety and Acceptability of Closed-loop Rhythmic Cueing for Gait Training in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Single-blind Randomized Controlled Trial. Multiple Sclerosis Journal.

Digital Therapeutics: Using Software to Treat, Manage, and Prevent Disease. Frontiers in Digital Health. (see link)

Enhancing Neuroplasticity in the Chronic Phase After Stroke: Effects of a Soft Robotic Exosuit on Training Intensity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. (see link)

Effects of a Soft Robotic Exosuit on the Quality and Speed of Overground Walking Depends on Walking Ability After Stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see link)

Reducing Back Exertion and Improving Confidence of Individuals with Low Back Pain with a Back Exosuit: A Feasibility Study for Use in BACPAC. Pain Medcine. (see link)

Design and Evaluation of an Independent 4‐week, Exosuit‐assisted, Post‐stroke Community Walking Program. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (see link)

Ankle-targeted Exosuit Resistance Increases Paretic Propulsion in People Post-stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see link)

Autonomous Control of Music to Retrain Walking After Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see link)

The Interplay between Walking Speed, Economy, and Stability After Stroke. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. (see link)

Opportunities and Challenges in the Development of Exoskeletons for Locomotor Assistance. Nature Biomedical Engineering. (see link)

2022

O 089-A Soft Robotic Exosuit Assisting the Paretic Ankle in Patients Post-stroke: Effect on Muscle Activation During Overground Walking. Gait & Posture. (see link)

Koopman Pose Predictions for Temporally Consistent Human Walking Estimations. Intelligent Robots and Systems, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). (see pdf)

Beyond Human or Robot Administered Treadmill Training. Neurorehabilitation Technology. (see pdf)

A Continuous Statistical-Geometric Framework for Normative and Impaired Gaits. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. (see pdf or link)

Soft Robotic Exosuit Augmented High Intensity Gait Training on Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf for link)

Mobile Unilateral Hip Flexion Exosuit Assistance for Overground Walking in Individuals Post-Stroke: A Case Series. Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. (see pdf or link)

2021

Ankle Resistance with a Unilateral Soft Exosuit Increases Plantarflexor Effort During Pushoff in Unimpaired Individuals. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

Estimation of Walking Speed and its Spatiotemporal Determinants Using a Single Inertial Sensor Worn on the Thigh: From Healthy to Hemiparetic Walking. Sensors. (see pdf or link)

Targeting Paretic Propulsion and Walking Speed With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: A Consideration-of-Concept Trial. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. (see pdf or link)

The Dynamic Motor Control Index as a Marker of Age-Related Neuromuscular Impairment. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. (see pdf or link)

Targeting Post-Stroke Walking Automaticity with a Propulsion-Augmenting Soft Robotic Exosuit: Toward a Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Approach to Assistance Prescription. 10th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER). (see pdf or link)

Visual-Inertial Filtering for Human Walking Quantification. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (see pdf or link)

Toward Neuroscience of the Everyday World (NEW) using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. (see pdf or link)

Real-Time Gait Metric Estimation for Everyday Gait Training with Wearable Devices in People Poststroke. Wearable Technologies. (see pdf or link)

2020

These Legs were Made for Propulsion: Advancing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Post-Stroke Propulsion Deficits. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

A Music-Based Digital Therapeutic: Proof-of-Concept Automation of a Progressive and Individualized Rhythm-Based Walking Training Program After Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see pdf or link)

Indirect Measurement of Anterior-Posterior Ground Reaction Forces using a Minimal Set of Wearable Inertial Sensors: From Healthy to Hemiparetic Walking. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

The ReWalk ReStore^TM Soft Robotic Exosuit: A Multi-Site Clinical Trial of the Safety, Reliability, and Feasibility of Exosuit-Augmented Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

Automated Detection of Soleus Concentric Contraction in Variable Gait Conditions for Improved Exosuit Control. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (see pdf or link)

A Hinge-Free, Non-Restrictive, Lightweight Tethered Exosuit for Knee Extension Assistance During Walking. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. (see pdf or link)

Offline Assistance Optimization of a Soft Exosuit for Augmenting Ankle Power of Stroke Survivors During Walking. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. (see pdf or link)

Walking Faster and Farther With a Soft Robotic Exosuit: Implications for Post-Stroke Gait Assistance and Rehabilitation. IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology. (see pdf or link)

Central Drive to the Paretic Ankle Plantarflexors Affects the Relationship Between Propulsion and Walking Speed After Stroke. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. (see pdf or link)

2019

Distance-Induced Changes in Walking Speed After Stroke: Relationship to Community Walking Activity. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. (see pdf or link)

Assisting Limb Advancement During Walking After Stroke Using a Wearable Soft Hip Exosuit: A Proof-of-Concept. Biosystems & Biorobotics. (see pdf or link)

2018

Wearable Movement Sensors for Rehabilitation: A Focused Review of Technological & Clinical Advances. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

Isometric Quadriceps Strength Test Device to Improve the Reliability of Handheld Dynamometry in Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2018). (see pdf or link)

A Lightweight and Efficient Portable Soft Exosuit for Paretic Ankle Assistance in Walking After Stroke. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (see pdf or link)

Biomechanical Mechanisms Underlying Exosuit-Induced Improvements in Walking Economy After Stroke. Journal of Experimental Biology. (see pdf or link)

Dynamic Structure of Lower Limb Joint Angles During Walking Post-Stroke. Journal of Biomechanics. (see pdf or link)

2017

Reducing Circumduction and Hip Hiking During Hemiparetic Walking through Targeted Assistance of the Paretic Limb using a Soft Robotic Exosuit. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

A Soft Robotic Exosuit Improves Walking in Patients After Stroke. Science Translational Medicine. (see pdf or link)

2016

Identifying Candidates for Targeted Gait Rehabilitation After Stroke: Better Prediction Through Biomechanics-Informed Characterization. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

Contribution of Paretic and Nonparetic Limb Peak Propulsive Forces to Changes in Walking Speed in Individuals Poststroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see pdf or link)

Reducing the Cost of Transport and Increasing Walking Distance After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Fast Locomotor Training Combined with Functional Electrical Stimulation. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see pdf or link)

Symmetry of Corticomotor Input to Plantarflexors Influences the Propulsive Strategy Used to Increase Walking Speed Post-Stroke. Clinical Neurophysiology. (see pdf or link)

2015

Changes in Post-Stroke Gait Biomechanics Induced by One Session of Gait Training. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – International. (see pdf or link)

A Soft Exosuit for Patients with Stroke: Feasibility Study with a Mobile Off-Board Actuation Unit. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). (see pdf or link)

Paretic Propulsion and Trailing Limb Angle Are Key Determinants of Long-Distance Walking Function Walking Function After Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see pdf or link)

Walking Speed and Step Length Asymmetry Modify the Energy Cost of Walking After Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. (see pdf or link)

2014

Maximum Walking Speed is a Key Determinant of Long Distance Walking Function After Stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

Do Improvements in Balance Relate to Improvements in Long-Distance Walking Function After Stroke? Stroke Research and Treatment. (see pdf or link)

Targeting Paretic Propulsion to Improve Poststroke Walking Function: A Preliminary Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. (see pdf or link)

2013

Effects of Repeated Treadmill Testing and Electrical Stimulation on Post-Stroke Gait Kinematics. Gait and Posture. (see pdf or link)