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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Validation of Marker-Less System for the Assessment of Upper Joints Reaction Forces in Exoskeleton Users.

Simone Pasinetti, Cristina Nuzzi, Nicola Covre, Alessandro Luchetti, Luca Maule, Mauro Serpelloni, Matteo Lancini

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simone PasinettiDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMI), University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5098-6395
Cristina NuzziDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMI), University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5530-6136
Nicola CovreDepartment of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Alessandro LuchettiDepartment of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy.
Luca MauleDepartment of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2110-6360
Mauro SerpelloniDepartment of Information Engineering (DII), University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6497-5876
Matteo LanciniDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMI), University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2301-876X
University of Brescia · ITUniversity of Trento · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents the validation of a marker-less motion capture system used to evaluate the upper limb stress of subjects using exoskeletons for locomotion. The system fuses the human skeletonization provided by commercial 3D cameras with forces exchanged by the user to the ground through upper limbs utilizing instrumented crutches. The aim is to provide a low cost, accurate, and reliable technology useful to provide the trainer a quantitative evaluation of the impact of assisted gait on the subject without the need to use an instrumented gait lab. The reaction forces at the upper limbs' joints are measured to provide a validation focused on clinically relevant quantities for this application. The system was used simultaneously with a reference motion capture system inside a clinical gait analysis lab. An expert user performed 20 walking tests using instrumented crutches and force platforms inside the observed volume. The mechanical model was applied to data from the system and the reference motion capture, and numerical simulations were performed to assess the internal joint reaction of the subject's upper limbs. A comparison between the two results shows a root mean square error of less than 2% of the subject's body weight.

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CrutchesExoskeleton DeviceBiomechanical PhenomenaGaitHumansJointsUpper ExtremityWalkingbody kinematiccalibrationgait analysismeasurementsmultiple Kinectssensor fusionshape and motion analysis

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PMID32668739
PMCPMC7412171
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