A Portable Waist-Loaded Soft Exosuit for Hip Flexion Assistance with Running [PDF]
Micromachines, 2022 The soft exosuit is an emerging robotics, which has been proven to considerably reduce the metabolic consumption of human walking and running. However, compared to walking, relatively few soft exosuits have been studied for running.
Lingxing Chen +7 more
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A Novel Lightweight Wearable Soft Exosuit for Reducing the Metabolic Rate and Muscle Fatigue [PDF]
Biosensors, 2021 Wearable robotic devices have been proved to considerably reduce the energy expenditure of human walking. It is not only suitable for healthy people, but also for some patients who require rehabilitation exercises.
Lingxing Chen +5 more
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A Resistive Soft Robotic Exosuit for Dynamic Body Loading in Hypogravity [PDF]
Advanced ScienceProlonged exposure to reduced gravity in space leads to bone demineralization and muscle atrophy, which current countermeasures of simple body loading can partially address.
Emanuele Pulvirenti +6 more
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A Smart, Textile-Driven, Soft Exosuit for Spinal Assistance [PDF]
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 ...
Kefan Zhu +13 more
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Physiological and kinematic effects of a soft exosuit on arm movements [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2019 Background Soft wearable robots (exosuits), being lightweight, ergonomic and low power-demanding, are attractive for a variety of applications, ranging from strength augmentation in industrial scenarios, to medical assistance for people with motor ...
Michele Xiloyannis +3 more
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ViT-based Terrain Recognition System for wearable soft exosuit
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2023 Terrain classification and force assistance strategies in complex environments have always piqued the interest of many researchers. For wearable soft exosuits, inaccurate terrain recognition can easily introduce undesired assist forces that can easily ...
Fangliang Yang +6 more
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A Soft-Inflatable Exosuit for Knee Rehabilitation: Assisting Swing Phase During Walking
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 In this paper, we present a soft-inflatable exosuit to assist knee extension during gait training for stroke rehabilitation. The soft exosuit is designed to provide 25% of the knee moment required during the swing phase of the gait cycle and is ...
Saivimal Sridar +4 more
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Autonomous multi-joint soft exosuit with augmentation-power-based control parameter tuning reduces energy cost of loaded walking [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018 Background Soft exosuits are a recent approach for assisting human locomotion, which apply assistive torques to the wearer through functional apparel.
Sangjun Lee +7 more
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Ankle resistance with a unilateral soft exosuit increases plantarflexor effort during pushoff in unimpaired individuals [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2021 Background Ankle-targeting resistance training for improving plantarflexion function during walking increases rehabilitation intensity, an important factor for motor recovery after stroke. However, understanding of the effects of resisting plantarflexion
Krithika Swaminathan +7 more
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Varying negative work assistance at the ankle with a soft exosuit during loaded walking [PDF]
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2017 Background Only very recently, studies have shown that it is possible to reduce the metabolic rate of unloaded and loaded walking using robotic ankle exoskeletons.
Philippe Malcolm +8 more
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