ArticleErgonomics2024
Evaluating adaptiveness of an active back exosuit for dynamic lifting and maximum range of motion.
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- Preference-based assistance optimization for lifting and lowering with a soft back exosuit.Science advances · 2025Article
- The perceptual and biomechanical effects of scaling back exosuit assistance to changing task demands.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effect of a soft active back support exosuit on trunk motion and thoracolumbar spine loading during squat and stoop lifts.Ergonomics · 2025Article
- Elastic textile-based wearable modulation of musculoskeletal load: A comprehensive review of passive exosuits and resistance clothing.Wearable technologies · 2025Review
- Active back exosuits demonstrate positive usability perceptions that drive intention-to-use in the field among logistic warehouse workers.Applied ergonomics · 2025Article
- Musculoskeletal models determine the effect of a soft active exosuit on muscle activations and forces during lifting and lowering tasks.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Can back exosuits simultaneously increase lifting endurance and reduce musculoskeletal disorder risk?Wearable technologies · 2024Article
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Abstract
Back exosuits deliver mechanical assistance to reduce the risk of back injury, however, minimising restriction is critical for adoption. We developed the adaptive impedance controller to minimise restriction while maintaining assistance by modulating impedance based on the user's movement direction and nonlinear sine curves. The objective of this study was to compare active assistance, delivered by a back exosuit via our adaptive impedance controller, to three levels of assistance from passive elastics. Fifteen participants completed five experimental blocks (4 exosuits and 1 no-suit) consisting of a maximum flexion and a constrained lifting task. While a higher stiffness elastic reduced back extensor muscle activity by 13%, it restricted maximum range of motion (RoM) by 13°. The adaptive impedance approach did not restrict RoM while reducing back extensor muscle activity by 15%, when lifting. This study highlights an adaptive impedance approach might improve usability by circumventing the assistance-restriction trade-off inherent to passive approaches.
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