{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225614592","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","title":"Empirical study on how lower limb exoskeleton robots improve older adults\u2019 physical performance through psychological mechanisms","display_name":"Empirical study on how lower limb exoskeleton robots improve older adults\u2019 physical performance through psychological mechanisms","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225614592","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5147186221","display_name":"Changjian Wang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173899330","display_name":"Henan University","ror":"https://ror.org/003xyzq10","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173899330"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210113474","display_name":"Kyungil University","ror":"https://ror.org/024kwvm84","country_code":"KR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210113474"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4405280755","display_name":"Huaibei Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/03cz67v43","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4405280755"]}],"countries":["CN","KR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Changjian Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physical Education, Huaibei Institute of Technology","Graduate School, Kyungil University","Wushu College, Henan University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physical Education, Huaibei Institute of Technology","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405280755"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School, Kyungil University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210113474"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wushu College, Henan University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173899330"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089365839","display_name":"Zhang Tianyou","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173899330","display_name":"Henan University","ror":"https://ror.org/003xyzq10","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173899330"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210113474","display_name":"Kyungil University","ror":"https://ror.org/024kwvm84","country_code":"KR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210113474"]}],"countries":["CN","KR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tianyou Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate School, Kyungil University","Wushu College, Henan University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School, Kyungil University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210113474"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Wushu College, Henan University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173899330"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5089365839"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173899330","https://openalex.org/I4210113474"],"apc_list":{"value":3150,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3801},"apc_paid":{"value":3150,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3801},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11023","display_name":"Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11023","display_name":"Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics","score":0.9731000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10114","display_name":"Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention","score":0.019500000402331352,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3612","display_name":"Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10510","display_name":"Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery","score":0.0038999998942017555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2742","display_name":"Rehabilitation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146549078","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191944","display_name":"Exoskeleton","level":2,"score":0.7577000260353088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6732000112533569},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99508421","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2678675","display_name":"Physical medicine and rehabilitation","level":1,"score":0.6714000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168031717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530280","display_name":"Balance (ability)","level":2,"score":0.5877000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151800584","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370000","display_name":"Gait","level":2,"score":0.5403000116348267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989316616","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6027402","display_name":"Lower limb","level":2,"score":0.4198000133037567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179420905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223871","display_name":"Mediation","level":2,"score":0.3840999901294708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1862650","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186005","display_name":"Physical therapy","level":1,"score":0.3824999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168563851","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436668","display_name":"Randomized controlled trial","level":2,"score":0.37369999289512634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780665704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959298","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","level":2,"score":0.3734999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7256382","display_name":"Psychological intervention","level":2,"score":0.37049999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18007350","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7394815","display_name":"STRIDE","level":2,"score":0.36970001459121704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.3652999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017944768","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1450463","display_name":"Poison control","level":2,"score":0.2928999960422516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776035688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606558","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.28949999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76542214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604830","display_name":"Center of pressure (fluid mechanics)","level":3,"score":0.28130000829696655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.2750000059604645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778310968","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14536140","display_name":"Exertion","level":2,"score":0.25999999046325684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79544238","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423243","display_name":"Activities of daily living","level":2,"score":0.2565000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.2531999945640564}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1980345/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7225614592.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7225614592.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W120288851","https://openalex.org/W2164772540","https://openalex.org/W2326141327","https://openalex.org/W3107239624","https://openalex.org/W4210298647","https://openalex.org/W4324093180","https://openalex.org/W4390859511","https://openalex.org/W4393241223","https://openalex.org/W4405974125","https://openalex.org/W4406155273","https://openalex.org/W4409581259","https://openalex.org/W7118129130","https://openalex.org/W7127650048","https://openalex.org/W7134982672","https://openalex.org/W7147687195","https://openalex.org/W7161481776","https://openalex.org/W7163320843"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Objective":[0],"This":[1,254],"study":[2,31],"aims":[3],"to":[4,169],"explore":[5],"how":[6],"lower":[7,65,137,211],"limb":[8,66,138,212,223],"exoskeleton":[9,67,139,213,224],"robots":[10,68,214,225],"enhance":[11,229],"physical":[12,216,230,252],"performance":[13,84,217],"in":[14,37,160,218],"older":[15,35,134,219],"adults":[16,36,135],"and":[17,40,61,71,99,114,130,141,165,179,199,215,240,259,265],"clarify":[18],"the":[19,38,126,143,147,152,154,170,208],"mediating":[20],"role":[21],"of":[22,54,133,210,248],"psychological":[23,106,128,238],"factors":[24],"during":[25],"human-robot":[26],"interaction":[27],"exercises.":[28],"Methods":[29],"The":[30],"focused":[32],"on":[33,82],"healthy":[34,266],"community":[39],"used":[41],"a":[42,72,204,245],"randomized":[43],"controlled":[44],"trial":[45],"design":[46],"along":[47],"with":[48],"qualitative":[49],"research":[50,120],"methods.":[51],"A":[52],"total":[53],"60":[55],"participants":[56],"aged":[57],"60\u201375":[58],"were":[59,117],"selected":[60],"divided":[62],"into":[63,125],"an":[64,76],"intervention":[69,155],"group":[70,156,172],"control":[73,171],"group.":[74],"Through":[75],"8-week":[77],"standardized":[78],"exercise":[79,112,197,242],"intervention,":[80,153],"data":[81],"physiological":[83],"indicators":[85,107],"such":[86,108],"as":[87,103,105,109,203],"participants\u2019":[88],"walking":[89,97,161],"speed,":[90,162],"stride":[91,163],"length,":[92,164],"gait":[93,166],"variability":[94],"coefficient,":[95],"6-min":[96],"distance,":[98],"balance":[100,115,180],"sway":[101],"values,":[102],"well":[104],"perceived":[110,185,200],"fatigue,":[111],"self-efficacy,":[113],"confidence,":[116,243],"collected.":[118],"Qualitative":[119],"was":[121],"also":[122,236],"conducted,":[123],"delving":[124],"real":[127],"experiences":[129],"subjective":[131],"perceptions":[132],"using":[136],"robots,":[140],"explaining":[142],"deeper":[144],"mechanisms":[145],"behind":[146],"quantitative":[148],"results.":[149],"Results":[150],"After":[151],"showed":[157],"significant":[158],"improvements":[159],"stability":[167],"compared":[168],"(":[173,189],"p":[174,190],"<":[175,191],"0.05).":[176],"Exercise":[177],"self-efficacy":[178,198],"confidence":[181],"significantly":[182,187],"increased":[183],"while":[184],"exertion":[186,201],"decreased":[188],"0.01).":[192],"Mediation":[193],"analysis":[194],"indicated":[195],"that":[196],"served":[202],"chain":[205],"mediator":[206],"between":[207],"use":[209],"adults.":[220],"Conclusion":[221],"Lower":[222],"can":[226],"not":[227],"only":[228],"abilities":[231],"through":[232],"mechanical":[233],"support":[234,258],"but":[235],"improve":[237],"perception":[239],"strengthen":[241],"creating":[244],"positive":[246],"cycle":[247],"\u2018device":[249],"assistance\u2014psychological":[250],"empowerment\u2014improved":[251],"performance\u2019.":[253],"provides":[255],"new":[256],"theoretical":[257],"practical":[260],"pathways":[261],"for":[262],"elderly":[263],"rehabilitation":[264],"aging":[267],"interventions.":[268]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T13:44:29.811591","created_date":"2026-11-10T00:00:00"}