ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020
A Fully Soft and Passive Assistive Device to Lower the Metabolic Cost of Sit-to-Stand.
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- Enhancing sit-to-stand transitions and walking efficiency in older adults with a soft robotic suit.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Motor-free hip exosuit via high-output fibrous dielectric elastomer actuators.Science advances · 2026Article
- Elastic textile-based wearable modulation of musculoskeletal load: A comprehensive review of passive exosuits and resistance clothing.Wearable technologies · 2025Review
- The effect of body-conforming passive wearable device with knee flexion taping on dynamic knee stability.Wearable technologies · 2025Article
- A Critical Review on Factors Affecting the User Adoption of Wearable and Soft Robotics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effect of a Passive Exosuit on Sit-to-Stand Performance in Geriatric Patients Measured by Body-Worn Sensors-A Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of Assistance Timing in Knee Extensor Muscle Activation During Sit-to-Stand Using a Bilateral Robotic Knee Exoskeleton.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2021Article
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Abstract
Various assistive devices like exoskeletons have been developed to aid the growing number of disabled people. Recent studies have started to explore using soft rather than rigid components to create lightweight and unobtrusive systems that can be more easily adopted by the general population. However, there is a tradeoff between compliance and power in these systems. We investigated the physiological benefits of using an inconspicuous, soft and passive assistive device which would avoid bulkiness, heaviness and user discomfort. We chose to assist the sit-to-stand (STS) maneuver because it is a common activity of daily living (ADL). STS is also recognized as one of the most challenging ADLs due to the high knee torque required, and the primary limiting factor is known to be knee extensor strength. Thus, the objective of this research was to develop and evaluate an unobtrusive knee assist wear called X-tights that could aid knee extension during STS using only soft and passive components. This was accomplished by routing elastic bands across the lower extremity. Thirty-one healthy participants performed STS tests with and without the X-tights, while metabolic cost and muscle activity were recorded. Metabolic power significantly decreased, by 3.2 ± 1.5% (
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