Lower Extremity Posture Assistive Wearable Devices: A Review

Wijegunawardana, I; Ranaweera, RKPS; Gopura, RARC

Lower Extremity Posture Assistive Wearable Devices: A Review

Wijegunawardana, I

Ranaweera, RKPS Gopura, RARC

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Publisher:: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2023, 53, (1), pp. 98-112
Issue Date:: 2023-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wijegunawardana, I https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5921-7958
dc.contributor.author	Ranaweera, RKPS
dc.contributor.author	Gopura, RARC
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-15T06:26:22Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-15T06:26:22Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02-01
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2023, 53, (1), pp. 98-112
dc.identifier.issn	2168-2291
dc.identifier.issn	2168-2305
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175689
dc.description.abstract	Many work-related tasks demand able-bodied employees to assume uncomfortable postures for long periods. This can lead to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The situation demands the employees to be physically empowered while ensuring their agility and flexibility. In that context, wearable bodyweight support systems have come to the forefront as a futuristic solution to reduce the stress on the human body when assuming sitting and/or crouched postures. Recently, heightened attention on these posture assistive devices was evident with an increasing number of products, patents, and research articles. However, reviews of such wearable posture assistive devices for the lower limbs are lacking in the literature. Thus, this article specifically focuses on reviewing existing methods and technologies to assist workers in the industrial or service sectors to work in uncomfortable or crouched postures. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses extension for scoping reviews method was used to identify and analyze 43 unique designs from research and patent databases. The critical review of the technologies was performed after classifying these devices into commercial phase, lab/research phase, and conceptual design phase. This review has comprehensively covered the trends and patterns of the modern developments in posture assistance and includes future directions for the research community. Holistically, this article serves as a reference to set up a benchmarking system for wearable posture assistive devices.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/THMS.2022.3216761
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dc.title	Lower Extremity Posture Assistive Wearable Devices: A Review
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	53
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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dc.date.updated	2024-02-15T06:26:21Z
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Abstract:

Many work-related tasks demand able-bodied employees to assume uncomfortable postures for long periods. This can lead to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The situation demands the employees to be physically empowered while ensuring their agility and flexibility. In that context, wearable bodyweight support systems have come to the forefront as a futuristic solution to reduce the stress on the human body when assuming sitting and/or crouched postures. Recently, heightened attention on these posture assistive devices was evident with an increasing number of products, patents, and research articles. However, reviews of such wearable posture assistive devices for the lower limbs are lacking in the literature. Thus, this article specifically focuses on reviewing existing methods and technologies to assist workers in the industrial or service sectors to work in uncomfortable or crouched postures. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses extension for scoping reviews method was used to identify and analyze 43 unique designs from research and patent databases. The critical review of the technologies was performed after classifying these devices into commercial phase, lab/research phase, and conceptual design phase. This review has comprehensively covered the trends and patterns of the modern developments in posture assistance and includes future directions for the research community. Holistically, this article serves as a reference to set up a benchmarking system for wearable posture assistive devices.

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