Reducing Knee Joint Loads During Stance Phase With a Rigid-Soft Hybrid Exoskeleton

• Main Authors: Xiaolin Dai (Author), Zhihao Zhou (Author), Zilu Wang (Author), Lecheng Ruan (Author), Rongli Wang (Author), Xuewen Rong (Author), Yibin Li (Author), Qining Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IEEE, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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High mechanical loads generated during walking may accelerate the wear of the knee joint. General knee exoskeletons mainly reduce knee joint load by applying pure torque assistance to reduce the force required by knee extensor muscles. This study aims to further reduce the knee joint load during the...