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A Preliminary Assessment of Legged Mobility Provided by a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Persons With Paraplegia
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This paper presents an assessment of a lower limb exoskeleton for providing legged mobility to people with paraplegia. In particular, the paper presents a single-subject case study comparing legged locomotion using the exoskeleton to locomotion using knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs) on a subject with a T10 motor and sensory complete injury. The assessment utilizes three assessment instruments to characterize legged mobility, which are the timed up-and-go test, the Ten-Meter Walk Test (10 MWT), and the Six-Minute Walk Test (6 MWT), which collectively assess the subject's ability to stand, walk, turn, and sit. The exertion associated with each assessment instrument was assessed using the Physiological Cost Index. Results indicate that the subject was able to perform the respective assessment instruments 25%, 70%, and 80% faster with the exoskeleton relative to the KAFOs for the timed up-and-go test, the 10 MWT, and the 6 MWT, respectively. Measurements of exertion indicate that the exoskeleton requires 1.6, 5.2, and 3.2 times less exertion than the KAFOs for each respective assessment instrument. The results indicate that the enhancement in speed and reduction in exertion are more significant during walking than during gait transitions.
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“The Vanderbilt exoskeleton developed by Goldfarb et al [17], [35] is another LEE that enables paralyzed patients to perform basic motions such as walking, sitting, standing, and walking up and down stairs.”
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“With the help of the exoskeleton, the patient is able to stand up and sit down, walk, turn, and go up and down stairs.”
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“This exoskeleton has been implemented in a patient with a T10 motor and sensory complete injury and the exoskeleton can provide a repeatable gait with knee and hip joint amplitudes that are similar to those observed during non-SCI walking [35].”
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- Authors
- Farris, R. J., Quintero, H. A., Murray, S. A., Ha, K. H., Hartigan, C., & Goldfarb, M.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Shepherd Center (US)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
- Published
- 2014-05
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 482-490
- ISSN
- 1534-4320 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-0210
- PMC
- PMC4476394
- OpenAlex
- W2062363643
- Cited by
- 208
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD059832)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Keywords
- lower limb exoskeleton, paraplegia, knee-ankle-foot orthoses, complete spinal cord injury, walking speed, gait transition, Timed Up and Go test, 6-minute walk test, physiological cost index
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Artificial Limbs, Physical Exertion, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Movement, Paraplegia, Prosthesis Design, Spinal Cord Injuries, Treatment Outcome, Lower Extremity
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