Abstract:Powered exoskeleton can restore locomotion to spinal cord injury subjects but measuring their impact on the upper limbs is critical, since repeated excessive loads are strongly correlated to chronic pain at shoulder level. This paper presents a novel set of instrumented crutches, able to measure force exerted on the ground during walking sessions, thanks to embedded time-of-flight cameras and force sensors. The force sensors, along with an inertial module, assess the force acting on the upper limbs, while the … Show more
“…In our system, the gait phase measurements are performed using a pair of forearm instrumented crutches, previously developed by our research group and described in [53].…”
“…In our system, the gait phase measurements are performed using a pair of forearm instrumented crutches, previously developed by our research group and described in [53].…”
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