A Simple Exoskeleton That Assists Plantarflexion Can Reduce the Metabolic Cost of Human Walking

Philippe Malcolm; Wim Derave; Samuel Galle; Dirk De Clercq

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056137

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A Simple Exoskeleton That Assists Plantarflexion Can Reduce the Metabolic Cost of Human Walking

Philippe Malcolm ,

* E-mail: philippe.malcolm@ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Wim Derave,

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Samuel Galle,

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Dirk De Clercq

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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A Simple Exoskeleton That Assists Plantarflexion Can Reduce the Metabolic Cost of Human Walking

Philippe Malcolm,
Wim Derave,
Samuel Galle,
Dirk De Clercq

Published: February 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056137

About the Authors

Philippe Malcolm

* E-mail: philippe.malcolm@ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Wim Derave

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Samuel Galle

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Dirk De Clercq

Affiliation Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM WD SG DDC. Performed the experiments: PM SG. Analyzed the data: PM WD SG DDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM WD SG. Wrote the paper: PM WD SG DDC.

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