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Sensory-Motor Neurostimulation to Enhance Exosuit Performance
2023 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2023Exosuits typically provide limited mechanical support and rely on a user's residual functional ability. However, people with neurological impairments often suffer from both motor and sensory deficits that limit the assistance an exosuit can provide.
Chiara Basla +6 more
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Aging and (Geron) Technology
Hiking is a cost-effective way to encourage physical activity in individuals of all ages, spend time in nature, and promote physical and mental healing. However, the hobby may promote the development of musculoskeletal conditions such as lower back pain (LBP) in older adults, .
Lishmaa Goudar +3 more
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Hiking is a cost-effective way to encourage physical activity in individuals of all ages, spend time in nature, and promote physical and mental healing. However, the hobby may promote the development of musculoskeletal conditions such as lower back pain (LBP) in older adults, .
Lishmaa Goudar +3 more
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An Anthropomorphic Soft Exosuit for Hand Rehabilitation
2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2019Functional impairment of the hand, for example after a stroke, can be partially improved by intensive training. This is currently done by physiotherapy and the optimal intensity of hand rehabilitation programs is usually not reached due to a lack in human resources (high costs) and patients fatigue. In this work a cost-effective soft exosuit to support
Florian Klug +10 more
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A lightweight soft exosuit for gait assistance
2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2013In this paper we present a soft lower-extremity robotic exosuit intended to augment normal muscle function in healthy individuals. Compared to previous exoskeletons, the device is ultra-lightweight, resulting in low mechanical impedance and inertia. The exosuit has custom McKibben style pneumatic actuators that can assist the hip, knee and ankle.
Michael F. Wehner +8 more
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Individually optimized exosuit
Science, 2018Medical Robots Like a regular suit, a wearable exosuit can be customized for the individual. Ding et al. tested a hip-extension device on eight adult male volunteers. The device reduced the energy required to walk, and the authors' approach tailored the assistance for each wearer.
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Assessment of an upper limb exosuit with textile coupling
2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), 2020Exoskeletons are human-machine interaction devices that can either assist or oppose the user’s motion. Soft exoskeletons are lightweight devices whose lack of rigid pieces provides them with soft behaviour. These exosuits use textiles and soft actuation mechanisms to enhance compliance and comfort during user interaction.
José Luis Samper-Escudero +5 more
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Solving the surgeon ergonomic crisis with surgical exosuit
Surgical Endoscopy, 2017The widespread adoption of laparoscopic surgery has put new physical demands on the surgeon leading to increased musculoskeletal disorders and injuries. Shoulder, back, and neck pains are among the most common complaints experienced by laparoscopic surgeons.
Shanglei Liu +7 more
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Development of a soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017This paper presents the design, development and preliminary evaluation of a soft-inflatable exosuit for knee rehabilitation. Soft-inflatable actuators made of heat-sealable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials are fabricated in two different beam-like structures (I and O cross-section actuators) and mechanically characterized for their torque ...
Saivimal Sridar +4 more
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Multi-joint soft exosuit for gait assistance
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015Exosuits represent a new approach for applying assistive forces to an individual, using soft textiles to interface to the wearer and transmit forces through specified load paths. In this paper we present a body-worn, multi-joint soft exosuit that assists both ankle plantar flexion and hip flexion through a multiarticular load path, and hip extension ...
Alan T. Asbeck +4 more
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A biologically inspired soft exosuit for walking assistance
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2015We present the design and evaluation of a multi-articular soft exosuit that is portable, fully autonomous, and provides assistive torques to the wearer at the ankle and hip during walking. Traditional rigid exoskeletons can be challenging to perfectly align with a wearer’s biological joints and can have large inertias, which can lead to the wearer ...
Alan T. Asbeck +3 more
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