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Wearable Technologies, 2021 Hemiparetic walking after stroke is typically slow, asymmetric, and inefficient, significantly impacting activities of daily living. Extensive research shows that functional, intensive, and task-specific gait training is instrumental for effective gait ...
Philipp Arens +8 more
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Biomechanical mechanisms underlying exosuit-induced improvements in walking economy after stroke [PDF]
, 2018 Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically asymmetric and metabolically expensive. Weakness and impaired control of the paretic ankle contribute to reduced forward propulsion and ground clearance—walking subtasks critical for safe and ...
Awad, L.N. +7 more
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Low-profile elastic exosuit reduces back muscle fatigue [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 AbstractWe investigated the extent to which an un-motorized, low-profile, elastic exosuit reduced the rate of fatigue for six lumbar extensor muscles during leaning. Six healthy subjects participated in an A-B-A (withdrawal design) study protocol, which involved leaning at 45º for up to 90 s without exosuit assistance (A1), then with assistance (B ...
Lamers, Erik P. +4 more
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Actuators, 2022 Decreasing the system weight while maintaining the assistance performance can help reduce the metabolic penalty in exosuits. Various researchers have proposed a bi-directional cable-driven actuator that can provide two degrees of freedom (2-DOF ...
Jaewook Ryu, Seungtae Yang, Giuk Lee
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Actuators, 2022 An exosuit is a wearable robot that assists the muscular strength of a human that wears it by using multiple wires with similar functions to human muscles. This study focuses on the development of a series elastic tendon actuator (SETA) for the actuation
Hee Don Lee +3 more
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022 Soft exosuits offer promise to support users in everyday workload tasks by providing assistance. However, acceptance of such systems remains low due to the difficulty of control compared with rigid mechatronic systems.
Nicholas Tacca +4 more
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A Smart, Textile-Driven, Soft Exosuit for Spinal Assistance
Sensors, 2023 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are often caused by repetitive lifting, making them a significant concern in occupational health. Although wearable assist devices have become the norm for mitigating the risk of back pain, most spinal assist devices still possess a partially rigid structure that impacts the user’s comfort and flexibility.
Kefan Zhu +13 more
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Bi-articular knee-ankle-foot exoskeleton produces higher metabolic cost reduction than weight-matched mono-articular exoskeleton [PDF]
, 2018 The bi-articular m. gastrocnemius and the mono-articular m. soleus have different and complementary functions during walking. Several groups are starting to use these biological functions as inspiration to design prostheses with bi-articular actuation ...
De Clercq, Dirk +3 more
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Basic functionality of a prototype wearable assistive soft exoskeleton for people with gait impairments : a case study [PDF]
, 2018 XoSoft is a soft modular wearable assistive exoskeleton for peo- ple with mild to moderate gait impairments. It is currently being developed by a European Consortium (www.xosoft.eu) and aims to provide tailored and active lower limb support during ambu ...
Bauer, Christoph M. +15 more
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Enhancing performance during inclined loaded walking with a powered ankle-foot exoskeleton [PDF]
, 2014 A simple ankle-foot exoskeleton that assists plantarflexion during push-off can reduce the metabolic power during walking. This suggests that walking performance during a maximal incremental exercise could be improved with an exoskeleton if the ...
De Clercq, Dirk +3 more
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