Physical interface dynamics alter how robotic exosuits augment human movement: implications for optimizing wearable assistive devices

Table 1 Net work values (in Joules) are shown for each period of the stride cycle, when peak exosuit forces were 500 N

	Pre-tensioning	Exosuit loading	Exosuit unloading	Full stride
Cable end-effector	0.003 ± 0.1	10.6 ± 0.8	1.6 ± 0.2	12.2 ± 0.8
Proximal interface	−0.8 ± 0.1	−3.9 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 0.3	−1.1 ± 0.1
Distal interface	−0.04 ± 0.02	−2.1 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.1	−1.8 ± 0.2
Ankle augmentation	−0.9 ± 0.1	4.7 ± 0.4	5.4 ± 0.5	9.2 ± 0.6

ISSN: 1743-0003