Assistance force-line of exosuit affects ankle multidimensional motion: a theoretical and experimental study [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationBackground The talocrural joint and the subtalar joint are the two major joints of the ankle-joint complex. The position and direction of the exosuit force line relative to these two joint axes can influence ankle motion.
Xinyue Zhang, Ying Li, Ronglei Sun
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Benchmarking commercially available soft and rigid passive back exoskeletons for an industrial workplace [PDF]
Wearable TechnologiesLow-back pain is a common occupational hazard for industrial workers. Several studies show the advantages of using rigid and soft back-support passive exoskeletons and exosuits (exos) to reduce the low-back loading and risk of injury.
Mohamed I. Mohamed Refai +4 more
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Editorial: Actuation, sensing and control systems for soft wearable assistive devices [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Jesús Ortiz +9 more
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Rendering Immersive Haptic Force Feedback via Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
Sensors, 2022 Haptic feedback is the sensory modality to enhance the so-called “immersion”, meant as the extent to which senses are engaged by the mediated environment during virtual reality applications.
Elisa Galofaro +3 more
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A Resistive Soft Robotic Exosuit for Dynamic Body Loading in Hypogravity. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)The resistive hypogravity exosuit is a lightweight wearable robotic exosuit that uses pneumatic artificial muscles to restore Earth‐like metabolic and muscular demands during locomotion in low gravity. Tested on healthy subjects in Earth and simulated Moon gravity, the suit restores energy expenditure and muscle activation without altering gait ...
Pulvirenti E +6 more
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Three-Dimensional Assessment of Upper Limb Proprioception via a Wearable Exoskeleton
Applied Sciences, 2021 Proprioception—the sense of body segment’s position and movement—plays a crucial role in human motor control, integrating the sensory information necessary for the correct execution of daily life activities.
Elisa Galofaro +4 more
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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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Fabric muscle with a cooling acceleration structure for upper limb assistance soft exosuits
Scientific Reports, 2022 Soft exosuits used for supporting human muscle strength must be lightweight and wearable. Shape memory alloy (SMA) spring-based fabric muscles (SFM) are light and flexible, making them suitable for soft and shape-conformable exosuits.
Seong Jun Park +3 more
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A supervisory controller intended to arrest dynamic falls with a wearable cold-gas thruster
Wearable Technologies, 2023 This article examines the feasibility of employing a cold-gas thruster (CGT), intended as a backpack-wearable device, for purposes of arresting backward falls, and in particular describes a supervisory controller that, for some motion described by an ...
Almaskhan Baimyshev +2 more
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