ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
A Review of Exoskeletons Considering Nurses.
Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Improving research and development of wearable assistive and rehabilitation technologies: a systematic review on diversity factors.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Optimizing hip exoskeleton assistance pattern based on machine learning and simulation algorithms: a personalized approach to metabolic cost reduction.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a passive back-support exoskeleton during in-bed patient handling tasks.International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE · 2024Article
- Human-exoskeleton interaction portrait.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Smart Nursing Wheelchairs: A New Trend in Assisted Care and the Future of Multifunctional Integration.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Exoskeleton technology in nursing practice: assessing effectiveness, usability, and impact on nurses' quality of work life, a narrative review.BMC nursing · 2024Review
- Assessment of Exoskeletons on Nurses' Quality of Work Life: A Pilot Study at Foch Hospital.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Daily tasks of nurses include manual handling to assist patients. Repetitive manual handling leads to high risk of injuries due to the loads on nurses' bodies. Nurses, in hospitals and care homes, can benefit from the advances in exoskeleton technology assisting their manual handling tasks. There are already exoskeletons both in the market and in the research area made to assist physical workers to handle heavy loads. However, those exoskeletons are mostly designed for men, as most physical workers are men, whereas most nurses are women. In the case of nurses, they handle patients, a more delicate task than handling objects, and any such device used by nurses should easily be disinfected. In this study, the needs of nurses are examined, and a review of the state-of-the-art exoskeletons is conducted from the perspective of to what extent the existing technologies address the needs of nurses. Possible solutions and technologies and particularly the needs that have not been addressed by the existing technologies are discussed.
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