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Musculoskeletal Simulation of SOLEUS Ankle Exoskeleton for Countermeasure Exercise in Space

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Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 16))

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SOLEUS system aims at providing efficient countermeasure exercises focused on the lower legs. The final product is foreseen to be based on an orthotics structure allowing exercising the ankle joint and muscle groups, even in microgravity. In order to test the pedal-pulling scenario for the operation of the system, multibody dynamics based musculoskeletal simulation has been performed. The result of the simulation shows the profile of the ankle plantar flexion torque by muscles with the given exoskeleton’s actuator force and motion conditions. Also the muscle activation patterns could be retrieved.

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Acknowledgments

This study is funded by ESA in the framework of a Technology Research Program (contract no. 4000112181/14/NL/RA) entitled “Integrated Countermeasures with Biofeedback and Actuators”.

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  1. AnyBody Technology, Aalborg, Denmark

    Moonki Jung

  2. Space Applications Services, Zaventem, Belgium

    Guillaume Fau & Pierre Letier

  3. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln, Germany

    Uwe Mittag, Jochen Zange & Jörn Rittweger

  4. European Space Agency, Paris, France

    Arnaud Runge

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Correspondence to Moonki Jung .

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  1. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  2. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    Jaime Ibáñez

  3. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, Texas, USA

    Jose L. Contreras-Vidal

  4. University of Twente , Enschede, The Netherlands

    Herman van der Kooij

  5. Spanish National Research Council, Cajal Institute Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Jung, M. et al. (2017). Musculoskeletal Simulation of SOLEUS Ankle Exoskeleton for Countermeasure Exercise in Space. In: González-Vargas, J., Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Vidal, J., van der Kooij, H., Pons, J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_64

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