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Effects of Boundary-Based Assist-as-Needed Force Field on Lower Limb Muscle Synergies During Standing Posture Training by Ai, Xupeng, Santamaria, Victor, Omofuma, Isirame, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…The boundary-based assist-as-needed (BAAN) force field is widely used in robotic rehabilitation and has shown promising results in improving trunk control and…”
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Balance and gait in the elderly: A contemporary review by Osoba, Muyinat Y., Rao, Ashwini K., Agrawal, Sunil K., Lalwani, Anil K.

“…Background The prevalence of balance and gait deficits increases with age and is associated with the increased incidence of falls seen in the elderly…”
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Characterizing the Effects of Adding Virtual and Augmented Reality in Robot-Assisted Training by Ai, Xupeng, Santamaria, Victor, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Extended reality (XR) technology combines physical reality with computer synthetic virtuality to deliver immersive experience to users. Virtual reality (VR)…”
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Bi-Planar Trajectory Tracking with a Novel 3DOF Cable Driven Lower Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeleton (C-LREX) by Prasad, Rajan, El-Rich, Marwan, Awad, Mohammad I, Agrawal, Sunil K, Khalaf, Kinda

“…Although Cable-driven rehabilitation devices (CDRDs) have several advantages over traditional link-driven devices, including their light weight, ease of…”
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A Deep-Learning Based Real-Time Prediction of Seated Postural Limits and its Application in Trunk Rehabilitation by Ai, Xupeng, Santamaria, Victor, Chen, Jiawei, Hu, Boce, Zhu, Chenfei, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Seated postural limit defines the boundary of a region such that for any excursions made outside this boundary a subject cannot return the trunk to the neutral…”
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Systematic Review of Back-Support Exoskeletons and Soft Robotic Suits by Ali, Athar, Fontanari, Vigilio, Schmoelz, Werner, Agrawal, Sunil K

“…Lower back pain and musculoskeletal injuries are serious concerns for workers subjected to physical workload and manual material handling tasks. Spine…”
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Designing and Analyzing In-Place Motor Tasks in Virtual Reality With Goal Functions by Carrera, Robert M., Tao, Chenxi, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Goal functions make virtual goal-oriented motor tasks easier to analyze and manipulate by explicitly linking movement to outcome. However, they have only been…”
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Assist-as-Needed Robot-Aided Gait Training Improves Walking Function in Individuals Following Stroke by Srivastava, Shraddha, Kao, Pei-Chun, Kim, Seok Hun, Stegall, Paul, Zanotto, Damiano, Higginson, Jill S., Agrawal, Sunil K., Scholz, John P.

“…A novel robot-aided assist-as-needed gait training paradigm has been developed recently. This paradigm encourages subjects' active participation during…”
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Evaluating Gait Stability and Muscle Activation in Different Hand Holding Conditions Using the Robotic Walker-mTPAD by Jacobs, Malka, Stramel, Danielle Marie, Shair, Mayyada, Agrawal, Sunil K

“…While walkers are used as mobility aids for different gait impairments, little is known about the factors that affect the performance of such aids. Therefore,…”
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Muscle-inspired bi-planar cable routing: a novel framework for designing cable driven lower limb rehabilitation exoskeletons (C-LREX) by Prasad, Rajan, El-Rich, Marwan, Awad, Mohammad I., Agrawal, Sunil K., Khalaf, Kinda

“…There is a growing interest in the research and development of Cable Driven Rehabilitation Devices (CDRDs) due to multiple inherent features attractive to…”
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Direction-Dependent Adaptation of Dynamic Gait Stability Following Waist-Pull Perturbations by Martelli, Dario, Vashista, Vineet, Micera, Silvestro, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Balance recovery during an unexpected disturbance is a complex motor task, where part of the variability depends on the type of the perturbation itself…”
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Effects of Timed Frontal Plane Pelvic Moments During Overground Walking With a Mobile TPAD System by Stramel, Danielle M., Prado, Antonio, Roy, Serge H., Kim, Heakyung, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Robotic gait training may improve overground ambulation for individuals with poor control over pelvic motion. However, there is a need for an overground gait…”
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Robotic Spine Exoskeleton (RoSE): Characterizing the 3-D Stiffness of the Human Torso in the Treatment of Spine Deformity by Park, Joon-Hyuk, Stegall, Paul R., Roye, David P., Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Spine deformity is typically treated with a brace that fits around the torso and hips to correct the abnormal curve of the spine. While bracing has been shown…”
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Adaptation of Stability during Perturbed Walking in Parkinson’s Disease by Martelli, Dario, Luo, Lan, Kang, Jiyeon, Kang, Un Jung, Fahn, Stanley, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Gait and balance disorders are major problems that contribute to falls among subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Strengthening the compensatory responses…”
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A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Gripper for Universal Adaptable Grasping by Sui, Dongbao, Zhu, Yanhe, Zhao, Sikai, Wang, Tianshuo, Agrawal, Sunil K, Zhang, He, Zhao, Jie

“…This article presents the design, fabrication, modeling, and preliminary tests of a bloodworm-inspired soft gripper for universal grasping. The gripper was…”
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Transductive Learning Models for Accurate Ambulatory Gait Analysis in Elderly Residents of Assisted Living Facilities by Zhang, Huanghe, Duong, Ton T. H., Rao, Ashwini K., Mazzoni, Pietro, Agrawal, Sunil K., Guo, Yi, Zanotto, Damiano

“…Instrumented footwear represents a promising technology for spatiotemporal gait analysis in out-of-the-lab conditions. However, moderate accuracy impacts this…”
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Evaluating the Accuracy of Virtual Reality Trackers for Computing Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters by Guaitolini, Michelangelo, Petros, Fitsum E., Prado, Antonio, Sabatini, Angelo M., Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Ageing, disease, and injuries result in movement defects that affect daily life. Gait analysis is a vital tool for understanding and evaluating these movement…”
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Utilizing mobile robotics for pelvic perturbations to improve balance and cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial by Adeniyi, Adedeji, Stramel, Danielle M., Rahman, Danish, Rahman, Montaha, Yadav, Arihant, Zhou, Jingzong, Kim, Grace Y., Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Late-life balance disorders remain a severe problem with fatal consequences. Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), a form of rehabilitation that…”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine the efficacy of an intensive seated postural intervention delivered with robotic and rigid trunk support systems by Santamaria, Victor, Ai, Xupeng, Chin, Karen, Dutkowsky, Joseph P, Gordon, Andrew M, Agrawal, Sunil K

“…Children with cerebral palsy (CP) classified as gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) levels III-IV demonstrate impaired sitting and reaching…”
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An Active Neck Brace Controlled by a Joystick to Assist Head Motion by Haohan Zhang, Agrawal, Sunil K.

“…Dropped head syndrome is often seen in patients with neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Static collars are often prescribed to…”
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