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Effectiveness of a Robot-Mediated Strategy While Counteracting Multidirectional Slippages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

F. Aprigliano Open the ORCID record for F. Aprigliano [Opens in a new window] ,
V. Monaco ,
P. Tropea ,
D. Martelli ,
N. Vitiello  and
S. Micera
F. Aprigliano
Affiliation:
The BioRobotics Institute, ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. E-mails: federica.aprigliano@santannapisa.it; nicola.vitiello@santannapisa.it
V. Monaco*
Affiliation:
The BioRobotics Institute, ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. E-mails: federica.aprigliano@santannapisa.it; nicola.vitiello@santannapisa.it IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy. E-mail: vito.monaco@santannapisa.it
P. Tropea
Affiliation:
Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa CuraPoliclinico, Milan, Italy. E-mail: p.tropea@ccppdezza@it
D. Martelli
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. E-mail: dm3042@columbia.edu
N. Vitiello
Affiliation:
The BioRobotics Institute, ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. E-mails: federica.aprigliano@santannapisa.it; nicola.vitiello@santannapisa.it IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy. E-mail: vito.monaco@santannapisa.it
S. Micera
Affiliation:
The BioRobotics Institute, ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. E-mails: federica.aprigliano@santannapisa.it; nicola.vitiello@santannapisa.it Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational NeuroEngineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: silvestro.micera@santannapisa.it
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: vito.monaco@santannapisa.it
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This study investigates the effectiveness of a robot-mediated strategy aimed at promoting balance recovery after multidirectional slippages. Six older adults were asked to manage anteroposterior and mediolateral slippages while donning an active pelvis orthosis (APO). The APO was set up either to assist volunteers during balance loss or to be transparent. The margin of stability, in sagittal and frontal planes, was the main metric to assess the effectiveness of balance recovery. Results showed that the assistive strategy is effective at promoting balance recovery in the sagittal plane, for both perturbing paradigms; however, it is not effective at controlling stability in the frontal plane.

Keywords

Balance controlWearable robotMultidirectional slippagesMargin of stabilityElderly people

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Robotica , Volume 37 , Special Issue 12: Wearable Robotics: Dynamics, Control and Applications , December 2019 , pp. 2119 - 2131
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