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Basic functionality of a prototype wearable assistive soft exoskeleton for people with gait impairments : a case study [PDF]

, 2018
XoSoft is a soft modular wearable assistive exoskeleton for peo- ple with mild to moderate gait impairments. It is currently being developed by a European Consortium (www.xosoft.eu) and aims to provide tailored and active lower limb support during ambu ...
Bauer, Christoph M., Bottenberg, Eliza, Brinks, Ger, de Eyto, Adam, Erkens, Laura, Graf, Eveline S., Henke, René, O'Sullivan, Leonard, Ortiz, Jesús, Pauli, Carole, Poliero, Tommaso, Power, Valerie, Scherly, Daniel, Sposito, Matteo, Stadler, Konrad S., Wirz, Markus   +15 more
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Energy efficiency analysis and design optimization of an actuation system in a soft modular lower limb exoskeleton [PDF]

, 2018
One of the critical aspects in the design of an assistive wearable robot is the energy efficiency of the actuation system, since it affects significantly the weight and consequently the comfort of the system. Several strategies have been used in previous
Cairoli, Giovanni, Caldwell, Darwin G., Graf, Eveline, Ortiz, Jesus, Poliero, Tommaso   +4 more
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Soft wearable assistive robotics: exosuits and supernumerary limbs [PDF]

, 2018
The intrinsic soft nature of compliant supernumerary limbs and exosuits makes them appealing candidates for assisting human movements, with potential applications in healthcare, human augmentation and logistics. In the following chapter, we describe the technology used in exosuits and supernumerary limbs for assistance of activities of daily living ...
L. MASIA, I. HUSSAIN, M. XILOYANNIS, C. PACCHIEROTTI, L. CAPPELLO, M. MALVEZZI, G. SPAGNOLETTI, C. W. ANTUVAN, B. K. DINH, M. POZZI, D. PRATTICHIZZO   +10 more
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Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Individualized, targeted, and intense training is the hallmark of successful gait rehabilitation in people post-stroke. Specifically, increasing use of the impaired ankle to increase propulsion during the stance phase of gait has been linked ...
Krithika Swaminathan, Franchino Porciuncula, Sungwoo Park, Harini Kannan, Julien Erard, Nicholas Wendel, Teresa Baker, Terry D. Ellis, Louis N. Awad, Conor J. Walsh   +9 more
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Biomechanical and Physiological Evaluation of Biologically-Inspired Hip Assistance With Belt-Type Soft Exosuits

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2022
Hip-assisted soft exosuits have been reported for their effect on reducing the metabolic power of human walking. Currently, most studies focus on uni-directional assistance (HF: hip flexion, or HE: hip extension). This paper investigates the effect of bi-
Qiang Chen, Shijie Guo, Jing Wang, Jiaxin Wang, Dan Zhang, Shanhai Jin   +5 more
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Effectively Quantifying the Performance of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons Over a Range of Walking Conditions [PDF]

, 2018
Exoskeletons and other wearable robotic devices have a wide range of potential applications, including assisting patients with walking pathologies, acting as tools for rehabilitation, and enhancing the capabilities of healthy humans.
Anderson, Anderson, Anderson, Blaya, Cohen, d'Elia, Delp, Delp, Delp, Dembia, Dollar, Ferris, Franz, Friederich, Giovacchini, Harrington, Henderson, Hidler, Hof, Jarrassé, Kuo, Lay, Lenzi, Lewis, Malosio, Mantoan, Martelli, Orendurff, Panizzolo, Quinlivan, Riener, Ronsse, Sawilowsky, Schiele, Schiele, Stansfield, Svoboda, Thelen, Thelen, Uchida, Uchida, Umberger, Vaughan, Wickiewicz, Winter, Wolff, Yamaguchi, Yandell, Zanotto   +48 more
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Probabilistic locomotion mode recognition with wearable sensors [PDF]

, 2016
Recognition of locomotion mode is a crucial process for control of wearable soft robotic devices to assist humans in walking activities. We present a probabilistic Bayesian approach with a sequential analysis method for recognition of locomotion and ...
Dehghani-Sanij, AA, Mahmood, I, Martinez-Hernandez, U   +2 more
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Development of a Soft Exosuit for Suppressing Essential Tremor

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2021
Essential tremor, the most common pathological tremor, is assumed to originate in the central nervous system. It can result in functional disability because the tremors obstruct movement. We have developed a soft exosuit to assist essential tremor patients that provides a comfortable, unobtrusive and soft interface to the human body, and evaluated ...
Yo Kobayashi, Yuya Matsumoto, Motoji Kawasaki, Akira Kato, Takeshi Ando, Masanori Nagaoka, Masakatsu G. Fujie   +6 more
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An Assistive Soft Wrist Exosuit for Flexion Movements With an Ergonomic Reinforced Glove

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
Soft exosuits are a promising solution for the assistance and augmentation of human motor abilities in the industrial field, where the use of more symbiotic wearable robots can avoid excessive worker fatigue and improve the quality of the work.
Domenico Chiaradia, Luca Tiseni, Michele Xiloyannis, Massimiliano Solazzi, Lorenzo Masia, Antonio Frisoli   +5 more
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Enhancing performance during inclined loaded walking with a powered ankle-foot exoskeleton [PDF]

, 2014
A simple ankle-foot exoskeleton that assists plantarflexion during push-off can reduce the metabolic power during walking. This suggests that walking performance during a maximal incremental exercise could be improved with an exoskeleton if the ...
De Clercq, Dirk, Derave, Wim, Galle, Samuel, Malcolm, Philippe   +3 more
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