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dc.contributor.authorAhn, Jooeun
dc.contributor.authorHogan, Neville
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-20T19:28:54Z
dc.date.available2011-07-20T19:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.date.submitted2010-04
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4244-4123-5
dc.identifier.issn1557-170X
dc.identifier.otherINSPEC Accession Number: 11650398
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64935
dc.description.abstractDynamically entraining human gait with periodic torque from a robot may provide an approach to walking therapy that is uniquely supportive of normal biological function. To test the feasibility of this approach we perturbed the gait of unimpaired human subjects by applying a periodic impulsive ankle torque at various frequencies. Eighteen subjects out of 19 exhibited entrained gaits: for a small range of frequencies their gait periods adapted to synchronize with the mechanical perturbation. In addition, the phase when synchronized was such that the robot perturbation assisted propulsion. These results support a new strategy for walking therapy that exploits an embedded neural oscillator interacting with peripheral mechanics and the resulting natural dynamics of walking, which are essential but hitherto neglected elements of walking therapy.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNew York State Spinal Cord Injury Center of Research Excellence (contract CO19772)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSamsung Scholarship Foundationen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627892en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceIEEEen_US
dc.titleFeasibility of dynamic entrainment with ankle mechanical perturbation to treat locomotor deficiten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationAhn, Jooeun and Neville Hogan. “Feasibility of Dynamic Entrainment with Ankle Mechanical Perturbation to Treat Locomotor Deficit.” Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology. Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 31-September 4, 2010. 3422-3425.© IEEE.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.approverHogan, Neville
dc.contributor.mitauthorHogan, Neville
dc.contributor.mitauthorAhn, Jooeun
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2010)en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.pmid21097251
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaperen_US
dspace.orderedauthorsJooeun Ahn; Hogan, Nen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5366-2145
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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