ArticleErgonomics2024
Flexible sensor-based biomechanical evaluation of low-back exoskeleton use in lifting.
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- Biodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Human-Exoskeleton Interactions in Simulated Patient Handling Tasks.Human factors · 2025Article
- Passive and Active Exoskeleton Solutions: Sensors, Actuators, Applications, and Recent Trends.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Validity, reliability, and bias between instrumented pedals and loadsol insoles during stationary cycling.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to establish an ambulatory field-friendly system based on miniaturised wireless flexible sensors for studying the biomechanics of human-exoskeleton interactions. Twelve healthy adults performed symmetric lifting with and without a passive low-back exoskeleton, while their movements were tracked using both a flexible sensor system and a conventional motion capture (MoCap) system synchronously. Novel algorithms were developed to convert the raw acceleration, gyroscope, and biopotential signals from the flexible sensors into kinematic and dynamic measures. Results showed that these measures were highly correlated with those obtained from the MoCap system and discerned the effects of the exoskeleton, including increased peak lumbar flexion, decreased peak hip flexion, and decreased lumbar flexion moment and back muscle activities. The study demonstrated the promise of an integrated flexible sensor-based system for biomechanics and ergonomics field studies as well as the efficacy of exoskeleton in relieving the low-back stress associated with manual lifting.
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