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Fig. 9 | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Fig. 9

From: Reducing the metabolic cost of walking with an ankle exoskeleton: interaction between actuation timing and power

Fig. 9

Electromyography of the m. biceps femoris. Time series show population averages for EMG of the m. biceps femoris (BF) averaged for the left and right leg and plotted from heel contact to heel contact (a). The grey vertical line represents opposite heel contact. All powered conditions are shown in grey, with selected conditions in color. Subplots at top show which conditions are shown in color. Blue rectangles show the periods where a peak EMG value was analyzed. Repeated measures ANOVA indicated significant differences between conditions for the peak EMG in the swing phase (between 62 and 100% of the stride; P < 0.001). The effect of actuation timing and exoskeleton power on peak EMG in the swing phase (b) is indicated by a regression analysis. The surface gradient is the result of a two-dimensional regression for which R2 is provided for the peak EMG during the swing phase (P < 0.001). The NormalWalking condition is not visible as the value for NormalWalking is situated out of the range for which the regression is shown but the value of the NormalWalking condition is shown. The black dashed line shows the ZeroWork condition with the absolute value. * indicates a statistically significant reduction versus ZeroWork and ** indicates a statistically significant reduction versus NormalWalking based on post-hoc t-tests with Šídák-Holm correction (P ≤ 0.05)

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