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Wearable Gait Interventions for Augmenting Paretic Propulsion: Towards Personalized Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Soft robotic exosuit and Propulsion neuroprosthesis for Stroke. Completed, enrolled 22 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The objective of this study is to understand whether certain post-stroke patient subsets, identified from clinical, biomechanical, and neuromuscular characteristics, preferentially respond to different walking rehabilitation interventions that augment paretic limb propulsion (e.g., soft robotic exosuits or electrical stimulation neuroprostheses). The results of this work could improve post-stroke gait recovery outcomes by informing clinical decision-making to better match patients with rehabilitation devices tailored to their specific gait characteristics.
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Interventions
A soft robotic exosuit is a textile-based system worn on the waist and paretic lower limb that provides assistive torques via cables connecting the front and back of the ankle to anchor points on the shank. The exosuit provides dorsiflexion assistance during swing phase for foot clearance and plantarflexion assistance during stance phase for propulsion delivered synchronously based on integrated sensors detecting the wearer's gait pattern.
A neuroprosthesis is a textile-based, surface electrical stimulation system worn on the waist and paretic lower limb that delivers stimulation assistance via electroconductive pads placed on the skin over the target muscles. The neuroprosthesis provides coordinated dorsiflexor stimulation during swing phase for foot clearance and plantarflexor stimulation during stance phase for propulsion, delivered synchronously based on integrated sensors detecting the wearer's gait pattern.