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Towards low back support with a passive biomimetic exo-spine

Authors :
Matthias B. Näf
Bram Vanderborght
Matthew Millard
Carlos Rodriguez Guerrero
Laura De Rijcke
Dirk Lefeber
Ajoudani, Arash
Artemiadis, Panagiotis
Beckerle, Philipp
Grioli, Giorgio
Lambercy, Olivier
Mombaur, Katja
Novak, Domen
Rauter, Georg
Rodriguez Guerrero, Carlos
Salvietti, Gionata
Amirabdollahian, Farshid
Balasubramanian, Sivakumar
Castellini, Claudio
Di Pino, Giovanni
Guo, Zhao
Hughes, Charmayne
Iida, Fumiya
Lenzi, Tommaso
Ruffaldi, Emanuele
Sergi, Fabrizio
Soh, Gim Song
Caimmi, Marco
Cappello, Leonardo
Carloni, Raffaella
Carlson, Tom
Casadio, Maura
Coscia, Martina
De Santis, Dalia
Forner-Cordero, Arturo
Howard, Matthew
Piovesan, Davide
Siqueira, Adriano
Sup, Frank
Lorenzo, Masia
Catalano, Manuel Giuseppe
Lee, Hyunglae
Menon, Carlo
Raspopovic, Stanisa
Rastgaar, Mo
Ronsse, Renaud
van Asseldonk, Edwin
Vanderborght, Bram
Venkadesan, Madhusudhan
Bianchi, Matteo
Braun, David
Godfrey, Sasha Blue
Mastrogiovanni, Fulvio
McDaid, Andrew
Rossi, Stefano
Zenzeri, Jacopo
Formica, Domenico
Karavas, Nikolaos
Marchal-Crespo, Laura
Reed, Kyle B.
Tagliamonte, Nevio Luigi
Burdet, Etienne
Basteris, Angelo
Campolo, Domenico
Deshpande, Ashish
Dubey, Venketesh
Hussain, Asif
Sanguineti, Vittorio
Unal, Ramazan
Caurin, Glauco Augusto de Paula
Koike, Yasuharu
Mazzoleni, Stefano
Park, Hyung-Soon
Remy, C. David
Saint-Bauzel, Ludovic
Tsagarakis, Nikos
Veneman, Jan
Zhang, Wenlong
Faculty of Engineering
Applied Mechanics
Robotics & Multibody Mechanics Research Group
Source :
ICORR
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Low-Back Pain (LBP) affects a large portion of the working population. Preventive exoskeletons have been proposed to reduce the moments on the lower back, specifically around the lumbosacral (L5/S1) joint. High correlation has been shown, between reducing the moments around the L5/S1 joint and intervertebral compression forces, which in turn have been identified as a risk factor for developing LBP. However, most passive back support exoskeletons use rigid plates or stiff beams to support the spine that limit the range of motion of the wearer. A large range of motion and versatility are especially desirable for industrial applications. To overcome these limitations, a passive biomimetic exo-spine has been designed, modelled and an initial prototype tested. Its potential to allow for a large range of motion, whilst at the same time limiting the most extreme and potentially harmful postures has been shown.

Details

ISSN :
19457901
Volume :
2017
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Accession number :
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