Walking with a powered ankle-foot orthosis: the effects of actuation timing and stiffness level on healthy users.

In addition to this, the study found that, among the tested onset times, the earlier ones showed a trend for bigger reductions of the activation of the soleus muscle during stance, while the later ones led to a bigger reduction in the metabolic cost of walking in the assisted walking trials as compared to the unassisted condition.

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