Publications by authors named "Jody A Saglia"
Article Synopsis
- TWIN is a new modular lower limb exoskeleton designed for spinal-cord injury (SCI) patients, built around user needs such as portability, comfort, and safety.
- The design process involved collaboration between patients and professionals from various fields, ensuring a user-centered approach that focuses on ease of use and adaptability.
- Preliminary tests on TWIN demonstrated its usability and effectiveness, paving the way for further evaluations as a medical device.
Stroke survivors show greater postural oscillations and altered muscular activation compared to healthy controls. This results in difficulties in walking and standing, and in an increased risk of falls. A proper control of the trunk is related to a stable walk and to a lower falling risk; to this extent, rehabilitative protocols are currently working on core stability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDesign and Development of a Novel Core, Balance and Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot: hunova®.
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot
June 2019
This article describes the motivation behind and the technical aspects at the basis of the development of the innovative rehabilitation robot hunova®. The paper describes in detail the hardware and software design of the system and summarizes the clinical studies carried out to validate the technology.
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