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Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 11, Issue 12, 18 June 2026.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does a Soft Actuated Back Exosuit Influence Multimodal Physiological Measurements and User Perception During an Industry Inspired Task? [PDF]

, 2023
Back support soft exosuits are promising solutions to reduce risk of musculoskeletal injuries at workplaces resulting from physically demanding and repetitive lifting tasks.
Jacobs, An, Varrecchia, Tiwana, Del Ferraro, Simona, Refai, Mohamed Irfan Mohamed, Molinaro, Vincenzo, Refai, Mohamed Irfan Mohamed; id_orcid, Sartori, Massimo, Elprama, Shirley, Chini, Giorgia, Elprama, Shirley A., De Pauw, Kevin, De Bock, Sander, Ranavolo, Alberto, Falcone, Tiziana, van der Kooij, Herman, Govaerts, Renee, Sridar, Saivimal   +16 more
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A feasibility study on using soft insoles for estimating 3D ground reaction forces with incorporated 3D-printed foam-like sensors

Wearable Technologies
Sensorized insoles provide a tool for gait studies and health monitoring during daily life. For users to accept such insoles, they need to be comfortable and lightweight.
Nick Willemstein, Saivimal Sridar, Herman van der Kooij, Ali Sadeghi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Programmable Fabric‐Based Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Wearables: A Review

Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.
This review summarizes recent advances in fabric soft pneumatic actuators (FSPAs), emphasizing programmable design strategies, diverse actuation deformation modes, material selection, and emerging applications. We highlight how geometric constraints, material distribution, and specialized fabrication methods govern longitudinal, bending, torsional, and
Zichao Ling, Zichun Cao, Shanshan Dong, Jie Zhang, Yadie Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exoscore: a design tool to evaluate factors associated with technology acceptance of soft lower limb exosuits by older adults [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: This pilot study proposed and performs initial testing with Exoscore, a design evaluation tool to assess factors related to acceptance of exoskeleton by older adults, during the technology development and testing phases.
de Eyto, Adam, O�Sullivan, Leonard, Graf, Eveline, Sch�lein, Samuel, Schülein, Samuel, Power, Valerie, O’Sullivan, Leonard, Shore, Linda, O'Sullivan, Leonard, Hartigan, Bernard   +9 more
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Exploring Opportunities and Challenges of Adopting Exoskeletons and Exosuits in Construction: Identifying Facilitators, Barriers, and Potential Solutions to Those Barriers

, 2023
Exoskeletons and exosuits (collectively termed as EXOs) have the potential to reduce the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) by protecting workers from exertion and muscle fatigue due to physically demanding, repetitive, and prolonged ...
Mahmud, Dilruba
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A soft, synergy-based robotic glove for grasping assistance

Wearable Technologies, 2021
This paper presents a soft, tendon-driven, robotic glove designed to augment grasp capability and provide rehabilitation assistance for postspinal cord injury patients. The basis of the design is an underactuation approach utilizing postural synergies of
Ryan Alicea, Michele Xiloyannis, Domenico Chiaradia, Michele Barsotti, Antonio Frisoli, Lorenzo Masia   +5 more
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Data‐Driven Modeling of Forces Exerted by Pneumatic Actuators for a Pediatric Exosuit

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
This work presents the experimental analysis and data‐driven modeling of the interaction forces between soft pneumatic actuators designed to assist upper‐extremity motion in a pediatric exosuit and an engineered test rig, across different experimental conditions: (A) force profiling of shoulder actuators, with varying actuator anchoring points and ...
Mehrnoosh Ayazi, Ipsita Sahin, Caio Mucchiani, Elena Kokkoni, Konstantinos Karydis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the evidence on occupational exoskeleton use for the workforce in healthcare, social care, and industry: A systematic scoping review

Wearable Technologies
Musculoskeletal disorders remain a leading occupational health challenge in physically demanding sectors such as healthcare, social care, and industry.
Shilpy Bhat, James Gavin, Martin Warner, Michelle Myall   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuro-cognitive assessment of intentional control methods for a soft elbow exosuit using error-related potentials

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, John Nassour, Stefan K. Ehrlich, Nicolas Berberich, Gordon Cheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source