NDLI: Influence of parallel spring-loaded exoskeleton on ankle muscle-tendon dynamics during simulated human hopping

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Robertson, Benjamin D. Sawicki, Gregory S.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA (Robertson, Benjamin D.) \|\| Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering-North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA (Sawicki, Gregory S.)
Abstract	Robotic assistance for rehabilitation and enhancement of human locomotion has become a major goal of biomedical engineers in recent years. While significant progress to this end has been made in the fields of neural interfacing and control systems, little has been done to examine the effects of mechanical assistance on the biomechanics of underlying muscle-tendon systems. Here, we model the effects of mechanical assistance via a passive spring acting in parallel with the triceps surae-Achilles tendon complex during cyclic hopping in humans. We examine system dynamics over a range of biological muscle activation and exoskeleton spring stiffness. We find that, in most cases, uniform cyclic mechanical power production of the coupled system is achieved. Furthermore, unassisted power production can be reproduced throughout parameter space by trading off decreases in muscle activation with increases in ankle exoskeleton spring stiffness. In addition, we show that as mechanical assistance increases the biological muscle-tendon unit becomes less ‘tuned’ resulting in higher mechanical power output from active components of muscle despite large reductions in required force output.
Starting Page	583
Ending Page	586
File Size	891002
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424441211
ISSN	1557170X
e-ISBN	9781457715891
e-ISBN	9781424441228
DOI	10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090109
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-08-30
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Muscles Force Springs Humans Tendons Exoskeletons
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Signal Processing Biomedical Engineering Health Informatics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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