-
Tytuł:
-
Spine-like Joint Link Mechanism to Design Wearable Assistive Devices.
-
Autorzy:
-
Kim JY; Robotics, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejon 34113, Korea.; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Cho JS; Robotics, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejon 34113, Korea.; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Kim JH; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Kim JT; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Han SC; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Park SS; Robotics R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea.
Yoon HU; Division of Software, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea.
-
Źródło:
-
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) [Sensors (Basel)] 2022 Mar 17; Vol. 22 (6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 17.
-
Typ publikacji:
-
Journal Article
-
Język:
-
English
-
Imprint Name(s):
-
Original Publication: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, c2000-
-
MeSH Terms:
-
Self-Help Devices*
Wearable Electronic Devices*
Accidental Falls ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Movement/physiology ; Spine
-
References:
-
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:1672-1678. (PMID: 28814060)
Appl Ergon. 2018 Jul;70:315-322. (PMID: 29525268)
Sci Rep. 2017 May 11;7:46721. (PMID: 28492520)
IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2010 Aug;18(4):389-97. (PMID: 20643611)
J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2015 Jun 17;12:54. (PMID: 26076696)
IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2015 Mar;23(2):277-86. (PMID: 25373109)
IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2007 Sep;15(3):379-86. (PMID: 17894270)
Ergonomics. 2010 Oct;53(10):1263-75. (PMID: 20865609)
Appl Ergon. 2019 Oct;80:136-145. (PMID: 31280797)
J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2016 Jun 08;13(1):53. (PMID: 27278136)
-
Grant Information:
-
KITECH EH210010 Korea Institute of Industrial Technology; 20007836, Development of Wearable robot for Construction Workers MOTIE, Korea
-
Contributed Indexing:
-
Keywords: exoskeleton component; spine-like joint link mechanism; thoracic/lumbar spine assistive device; wearable assistive device
-
Entry Date(s):
-
Date Created: 20220326 Date Completed: 20220330 Latest Revision: 20220401
-
Update Code:
-
20240105
-
PubMed Central ID:
-
PMC8951149
-
DOI:
-
10.3390/s22062314
-
PMID:
-
35336489
-
When we develop wearable assistive devices, comfort and support are two main issues that need to be considered. In conventional design approaches, the degree of freedom of the wearer's joint movements tends to be oversimplified. Accordingly, the wearer's motion becomes restrained and bone/ligament injuries might occur in case of an unexpected fall. To mitigate these issues, this paper proposes a novel joint link mechanism inspired by a human spine structure as well as functionalities. The key feature of the proposed spine-like joint link mechanism is that hemispherical blocks are concatenated via flexible synthetic fiber lines so that their concatenation stiffness can be adjusted according to a tensile force. This feature has a great potentiality for designing a wearable assistive device that can support aged people's sit-to-stand action or augment spinal motion by regulating the concatenation stiffness. In addition, the concatenated hemispherical blocks enable the wearer to move his/her joint with full freedom, which in turn increases the wearer's mobility and prevents joint misalignment. The experimental results with a testbed and a pilot wearer substantiated that the spine-like joint link mechanism can serve as a key component in the design of wearable assistive devices for better mobility.
Zaloguj się, aby uzyskać dostęp do pełnego tekstu.