Fabrizio Sergi

We sought to establish whether torque pulses applied by an exoskeleton to the hip and knee joint modulate propulsion mechanics and whether changes in propulsion mechanics would be sustained after exposure to torque pulses under user-driven treadmill control. We applied twelve different formulations of torque pulses consecutively over 300 strides to 24 healthy participants, and quantified the evolution of four outcome measures -- gait speed (GS), hip extension (HE), trailing limb angle (TLA), normalized propulsive impulse (NPI) -- before, during, and immediately after training.