A review of soft wearable robots that provide active assistance: Trends, common actuation methods, fabrication, and applications

C Thalman, P Artemiadis - Wearable Technologies, 2020 - cambridge.org
This review meta-analysis combines and compares the findings of previously published
works in the field of soft wearable robots (SWRs) that provide active methods of actuation for …

Hand exoskeleton systems, clinical rehabilitation practices, and future prospects

P Tran, S Jeong, KR Herrin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) and stroke are pathologies that often result in the loss of/decrease in
hand functionality. Hand function is a critical component of everyday life and therefore, a …

Soft exoskeleton with fully actuated thumb movements for grasping assistance

W Chen, G Li, N Li, W Wang, P Yu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It has been clinically proven that exoskeletons are effective self-training rehabilitation or
daily living assistance devices for patients with hand dysfunctions. However, exoskeleton …

FLEXotendon glove-III: Voice-controlled soft robotic hand exoskeleton with novel fabrication method and admittance grasping control

P Tran, S Jeong, F Lyu, K Herrin… - IEEE/ASME …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a voice-controlled soft robotic hand exoskeleton for hand assistance.
Cervical spinal cord injury results in a disruption of the nerve signals, causing paralysis and …

Bioinspired high-degrees of freedom soft robotic glove for restoring versatile and comfortable manipulation

DH Kim, Y Lee, HS Park - Soft robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The human hand is one of the most complex and compact grippers that has arisen as a
product of natural genetic engineering; it is highly versatile, as it handles power and …

Patient-specific, voice-controlled, robotic flexotendon glove-ii system for spinal cord injury

P Tran, S Jeong, SL Wolf… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reduced hand function in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients is commonly associated with a
lower quality of life and limits the autonomy of the patient because he/she cannot perform …

A review of cable-driven rehabilitation devices

H Xiong, X Diao - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To conduct a survey on the research and development of cable-driven
rehabilitation devices (CDRDs). Method: This review searches in the databases of PubMed …

Remote actuation systems for fully wearable assistive devices: Requirements, selection, and optimization for out-of-the-lab application of a hand exoskeleton

J Dittli, UAT Hofmann, T Bützer, G Smit… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wearable robots assist individuals with sensorimotor impairment in daily life, or support
industrial workers in physically demanding tasks. In such scenarios, low mass and compact …

A novel clinical-driven design for robotic hand rehabilitation: combining sensory training, effortless setup, and large range of motion in a palmar device

R Rätz, F Conti, RM Müri… - Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurorehabilitation research suggests that not only high training intensity, but also
somatosensory information plays a fundamental role in the recovery of stroke patients. Yet …

Cable driven rehabilitation robots: Comparison of applications and control strategies

M Shoaib, E Asadi, J Cheong, A Bab-Hadiashar - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Significant attention has been paid to robotic rehabilitation using various types of actuator
and power transmission. Amongst those, cable-driven rehabilitation robots (CDRRs) are …