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Soft Wrist Exosuit Actuated by Fabric Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2023
Recently, soft actuator-based exosuits have gained interest, due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, inherent safety, and low cost. We present a novel wrist exosuit actuated by fabric pneumatic artificial muscles that can move the wrist in flexion ...
Coad, Margaret M., Ozkan-Aydin, Yasemin, Schäffer, Katalin   +2 more
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Soft exosuits increase walking speed and distance after stroke [PDF]

2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WeRob), 2017
Finalist for best poster abstract and ...
Awad, Louis N., Bae, Jaehyun, Ellis, Terry D., Hendron, Kathryn L., Kudzia, Pawel, O Donnell, Kathleen, Siviy, Christopher, Sloot, Lizeth, Walsh, Conor J.   +8 more
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Lighter and Simpler Design Paradigm for Widespread Use of Ankle Exosuits Based on Bio-Inspired Patterns

Biomimetics, 2022
Soft wearable robots are attracting immense attention owing to their high usability and wearability. In particular, studies on soft exosuits have achieved remarkable progress. Walking is one of the most basic human actions in daily life.
Sungjin Park, Junyoung Moon, June il Park, Jaewook Ryu, Kimoon Nam, Jaeha Yang, Giuk Lee   +6 more
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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
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Effects of a soft robotic exosuit on the quality and speed of overground walking depends on walking ability after stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Soft robotic exosuits can provide partial dorsiflexor and plantarflexor support in parallel with paretic muscles to improve poststroke walking capacity.
Lizeth H. Sloot, Lauren M. Baker, Jaehyun Bae, Franchino Porciuncula, Blandine F. Clément, Christopher Siviy, Richard W. Nuckols, Teresa Baker, Regina Sloutsky, Dabin K. Choe, Kathleen O’Donnell, Terry D. Ellis, Louis N. Awad, Conor J. Walsh   +13 more
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Characterizing force capability and stiffness of hip exosuits under different anchor points

PLoS ONE, 2022
Exosuits have been broadly researched owing to their benefits from soft and deformable nature. However, compared to exoskeletons, the exosuits have disadvantages in that the deformation of suit and human tissue can cause dissipation, leading to low force
Jihun Kim, Junyoung Moon, Sungjin Park, Giuk Lee   +3 more
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Force and Torque Characterization in the Actuation of a Walking-Assistance, Cable-Driven Exosuit

Sensors, 2022
Soft exosuits stand out when it comes to the development of walking-assistance devices thanks to both their higher degree of wearability, lower weight, and price compared to the bulkier equivalent rigid exoskeletons.
Daniel Rodríguez Jorge, Javier Bermejo García, Ashwin Jayakumar, Rafael Lorente Moreno, Rafael Agujetas Ortiz, Francisco Romero Sánchez   +5 more
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Soft robotic exosuit augmented high intensity gait training on stroke survivors: a pilot study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Stroke is a leading cause of serious gait impairments and restoring walking ability is a major goal of physical therapy interventions. Soft robotic exosuits are portable, lightweight, and unobtrusive assistive devices designed to improve the ...
Sung Yul Shin, Kristen Hohl, Matt Giffhorn, Louis N. Awad, Conor J. Walsh, Arun Jayaraman   +5 more
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Real-time gait metric estimation for everyday gait training with wearable devices in people poststroke

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, Christopher Siviy, Jaehyun Bae, Dabin K. Choe, Nikos Karavas, Teresa Baker, Terry D. Ellis, Louis N. Awad, Conor J. Walsh   +8 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, Zhi Qiao, Niveditha Muthukrishnan, Wenlong Zhang, Panagiotis Polygerinos   +4 more
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