Research Library

We strive to base all that we do on the latest scientific evidence and are actively engaged in the study of human movement and development of technologies to enhance human motion. Much of this work is performed and disseminated in collaboration with other organizations we are proud to call our partners.

Collaborative Research Publications

Controlling Stiffness of a Prosthetic Pylon Emulator Under Gait Loading

Haddy CJ, Caringella ER, Curran CS, Caputo JM, Kingsbury TD, Major MJ, Takahashi KZ. (2025) Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics.

A novel ‘test-drive’ strategy for prosthetic foot prescription using a robotic prosthetic foot emulator.

Morgenroth, DC, Halsne, EG, Hansen AH, Childers, LW, Caputo JM, Lloyd, AM, Hafner, BJ. (2024) Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Network (MR3) Annual Scientific Retreat, “Catalyzing Transdisciplinary Research to Develop Innovative Rehabilitation Approaches with Lasting Impacts.”

Emulating Prosthetic Pylon Properties to Systematically Evaluate Effects on Locomotion Performance

Takahashi KZ, Caputo JM, Curran CS, Kingsbury TD, Major MJ. (2023) Military Health System Research Symposium.

The development of rating scales to evaluate experiential prosthetic foot preference for people with lower limb amputation

Ruxin TR, Halsne EG, Hafner BJ, Shofer J, Hansen AH, Childers WL, Caputo JM, Morgenroth DC (2023) PM&R.

Emulating the effective ankle stiffness of commercial prosthetic feet using a robotic prosthetic foot emulator: a methods and validation study

Halsne EG, Curran CS, Caputo JM, Hansen AH, Hafner BJ, Morgenroth DC. (2022) ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Customer Research Publications

Enhanced Muscle Activation Using Robotic Assistance Within the Electromechanical Delay: Implications for Rehabilitation?

Dzewaltowski AC, Malcolm P. (2024) IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

A Two-Degree-of-Freedom Ankle Exoskeleton With Control of Plantarflexion and Inversion–Eversion

M. Jacobson, P. Kantharaju, S. S. Vakacherla and M. Kim, “A Two-Degree-of-Freedom Ankle Exoskeleton With Control of Plantarflexion and Inversion–Eversion,” in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2025.3532211.

Future Directions in Prosthetic Component Research and Clinical Prescription: A Precision Rehabilitation and Patient-Centered Care Approach

Morgenroth DC, Halsne EG, Henderson AW, Norvell DC. Future Directions in Prosthetic Component Research and Clinical Prescription: A Precision Rehabilitation and Patient-Centered Care Approach. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Dec;105(12):2396-2399. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.08.016. Epub 2024 Sep 4. PMID: 39241852.

Perturbation-based estimation of within-stride cycle metabolic cost

Dzewaltowski AC, Antonellis P, Gonabadi AM, Song S, Malcolm P. (2024) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Gait quality in prosthesis users is reflected by force-based metrics when learning to walk on a new research-grade powered prosthesis

Herrin Kinsey R, Kwak Samuel T, Rock Chase G, Chang Young-Hui. (2024) Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences.