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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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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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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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IEEE Access, 2021 Muscle weakness owing to stroke, spinal cord injuries, or aging can make a person’s life sedentary, temporarily as well as permanently. Such persons need to be motivated to break their sedentary postures and attempt independent motion.
Asitha L. Kulasekera +4 more
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A method to quantify the reduction of back and hip muscle fatigue of lift-support exoskeletons
Wearable Technologies, 2023 Cumulative back muscle fatigue plays a role in the occurrence of low-back injuries in occupations that require repetitive lifting of heavy loads and working in forward leaning postures.
Rachel M. van Sluijs +5 more
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Usability of an exosuit in domestic and community environments
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022 Abstract Background Exosuits have been shown to reduce metabolic cost of walking and to increase gait performance when used in clinical environment. Currently, these devices are transitioning to private use to facilitate independent training at home and in the community. However, their acceptance in unsupervised settings
Basla, Chiara +5 more
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IEEE Access, 2022 Despite more than thirty-five years of research on wearable technologies to assist the upper-limb and a multitude of promising preliminary results, the goal of restoring pre-impairment quality of life of people with physical disabilities has not been ...
Tommaso Proietti +3 more
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