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Table 2 Summary of effort comparison for Exo-Assistance vs Exo-NoAssistance walking conditions

From: Cooperative ankle-exoskeleton control can reduce effort to recover balance after unexpected disturbances during walking

 

SOL\(_R\)

− 12.41%*

− 7.78%

− 10.09%*

GM\(_R\)

− 6.29%*

− 4.11%

− 5.20%

GL\(_R\)

− 3.92%

− 9.42%

− 6.67%

  1. A decrease of effort with Assistance is expressed by the (−) sign. Statistical differences are represented by (*). Compared values correspond to the time-integrals of EMG activity over 500 ms from perturbation onset