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IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2020 Objective: Soft robotic exosuits can improve the mechanics and energetics of walking after stroke. Building on this prior work, we evaluated the effects of the first prototype of a portable soft robotic exosuit.
Louis N. Awad +4 more
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Biomechanical mechanisms underlying exosuit-induced improvements in walking economy after stroke [PDF]
, 2018 Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically asymmetric and metabolically expensive. Weakness and impaired control of the paretic ankle contribute to reduced forward propulsion and ground clearance—walking subtasks critical for safe and ...
Awad, L.N. +7 more
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Actuators, 2023 With ever-rising population comes a corresponding rise in people with mobility issues who have difficulty handling tasks in their daily lives. Such persons could benefit significantly from an active movement assistance device.
Ashwin Jayakumar +5 more
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2017 Background Wearable assistive devices have demonstrated the potential to improve mobility outcomes for individuals with disabilities, and to augment healthy human performance; however, these benefits depend on how effectively power is transmitted from ...
Matthew B. Yandell +4 more
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A Soft Exosuit for Flexible Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2018 For stroke survivors and many other people with upper-extremity impairment, daily life can be difficult without properly functioning arms. Some modern physical therapy exercises focus on rehabilitating people with these troubles by correcting patients' perceptions of their own body to eventually regain complete control and strength over their arms ...
Steven Lessard +5 more
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Fabric-Based, Pneumatic Exosuit for Lower-Back Support in Manual-Handling Tasks
Actuators, 2023 Lower-back pain (LBP) is a major cause of occupational disability and morbidity. This study investigates the effectiveness of a fabric-based pneumatic exosuit in reducing discomfort and lumbar muscle activation in healthy individuals who are performing ...
Amit Nirmal Cuttilan +2 more
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Lower-Limb Exosuits for Rehabilitation or Assistance of Human Movement: A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2021 Background: The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the technological state-of-the-art of exosuits and the clinical results obtained when applied to users with mobility impairment.
Font Llagunes, Josep Maria +1 more
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DESIGN OF A SOFT EXOSUIT FOR THE LOWER BACK
8th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference, 2021 This work focuses on the design of a back exosuit for reducing musculoskeletal disorders using soft actuators. The comparison of a cable driven and pneumatically actuated exosuit is made using an anthropomorphic test rig.
Saivimal Sridar +3 more
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Bi-articular knee-ankle-foot exoskeleton produces higher metabolic cost reduction than weight-matched mono-articular exoskeleton [PDF]
, 2018 The bi-articular m. gastrocnemius and the mono-articular m. soleus have different and complementary functions during walking. Several groups are starting to use these biological functions as inspiration to design prostheses with bi-articular actuation ...
De Clercq, Dirk +3 more
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A Critical Review on Factors Affecting the User Adoption of Wearable and Soft Robotics
Sensors, 2023 In recent years, the advent of soft robotics has changed the landscape of wearable technologies. Soft robots are highly compliant and malleable, thus ensuring safe human-machine interactions.
Benjamin Wee Keong Ang +2 more
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