ArticleFrontiers in neurorobotics2017
The Myosuit: Bi-articular Anti-gravity Exosuit That Reduces Hip Extensor Activity in Sitting Transfers.
Article in Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Valutazione Degli Effetti di un Dispositivo Indossabile Per Arto Inferiore (Myosuit) Sulla accettabilità e Parametri Funzionali di Pazienti Cronici Post-ictus: Studio Pilota.
Efficacy of the Myosuit for Increasing Daily Life Gait Performance in the Home and Community Setting and Gait Capacity in People With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of an exosuit on daily life gait performance in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Movement therapy in advanced heart failure assisted by a lightweight wearable robot: a feasibility pilot study.ESC heart failure · 2022Trial
- Activity-based training with the Myosuit: a safety and feasibility study across diverse gait disorders.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Familiarization with treadmill walking: How much is enough?Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Lower limb active exoskeletons, exosuits, assistive devices and specifications: a scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Elastic textile-based wearable modulation of musculoskeletal load: A comprehensive review of passive exosuits and resistance clothing.Wearable technologies · 2025Review
- Multimodal closed-loop strategies for gait recovery after spinal cord injury and stroke via the integration of robotics and neuromodulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
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- Barriers and Facilitators to the Use of Wearable Robots as Assistive Devices: Qualitative Study With Older Adults and Physiotherapists.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2024Article
- Emerging Medical Technologies and Their Use in Bionic Repair and Human Augmentation.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Design and Evaluation of a Bilateral Semi-Rigid Exoskeleton to Assist Hip Motion.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Progress in neurorehabilitation research and the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China from 2010 to 2022.Neural regeneration research · 2024Article
- Comparing effects of wearable robot-assisted gait training on functional changes and neuroplasticity: A preliminary study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Enhancing walking efficiency of adolescents with neurological impairments using an exosuit for ambulatory activities of daily living.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- Towards Human-like Walking with Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Control Features: Personalized Attachment Point Optimization Method of Cable-Driven Exoskeleton.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
- Investigation with able-bodied subjects suggests Myosuit may potentially serve as a stair ascent training robot.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Sensing and Control Strategies for a Synergy-Based, Cable-Driven Exosuit via a Modular Test Bench.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance.Nature biomedical engineering · 2023Review
- A Critical Review on Factors Affecting the User Adoption of Wearable and Soft Robotics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Muscle weakness-which can result from neurological injuries, genetic disorders, or typical aging-can affect a person's mobility and quality of life. For many people with muscle weakness, assistive devices provide the means to regain mobility and independence. These devices range from well-established technology, such as wheelchairs, to newer technologies, such as exoskeletons and exosuits. For assistive devices to be used in everyday life, they must provide assistance across activities of daily living (ADLs) in an unobtrusive manner. This article introduces the Myosuit, a soft, wearable device designed to provide continuous assistance at the hip and knee joint when working with and against gravity in ADLs. This robotic device combines active and passive elements with a closed-loop force controller designed to behave like an external muscle (exomuscle) and deliver gravity compensation to the user. At 4.1 kg (4.6 kg with batteries), the Myosuit is one of the lightest untethered devices capable of delivering gravity support to the user's knee and hip joints. This article presents the design and control principles of the Myosuit. It describes the textile interface, tendon actuators, and a bi-articular, synergy-based approach for continuous assistance. The assistive controller, based on bi-articular force assistance, was tested with a single subject who performed sitting transfers, one of the most gravity-intensive ADLs. The results show that the control concept can successfully identify changes in the posture and assist hip and knee extension with up to 26% of the natural knee moment and up to 35% of the knee power. We conclude that the Myosuit's novel approach to assistance using a bi-articular architecture, in combination with the posture-based force controller, can effectively assist its users in gravity-intensive ADLs, such as sitting transfers.
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