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Table 3 Range of motion (in degrees) employed during experiments

From: Voluntary control of wearable robotic exoskeletons by patients with paresis via neuromechanical modeling

Subject

Knee angle (OUT-type)

Ankle angle (OUT-type)

Knee angle (IN-type)

Ankle angle (IN-type)

Healthy

−80 to −40

−10 to 10

−80 to −40

−10 to 10

Stroke 1

−80 to − 40

0 to 15

N/A

N/A

Stroke 2

−80 to −40

−10 to 10

− 80 to − 40

−10 to 10

SCI

−80 to − 40

− 10 to 10

−70 to −50

−10 to 10

  1. Ranges of motion were personalized for each recruited patient to avoid muscle overstretching and testing outside of safe boundaries. Knee flexion and ankle plantar-dorsiflexion are indicated by negative angles