Postural Control When Using an Industrial Lower Limb Exoskeleton: Impact of Reaching for a Working Tool and External Perturbation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate postural control related to a lower limb exoskeleton (Chairless Chair) when (a) reaching for a working tool, and (b) an external perturbation occurs.

Background

Lower limb exoskeletons aiming to reduce physical load associated with prolonged standing may impair workers' postural control and increase the risk of falling.

Method

Forty-five males were reaching for an object (3-kg dumbbell) at the lateral end of their reaching area without the exoskeleton in upright standing (STAND) and with the exoskeleton at a high (EXO_HIGH.SEAT) and low sitting position (EXO_LOW.SEAT). The task was performed with the object placed in three different angles (120°, 150°, and 180°) in the transversal plane. The minimum absolute static postural

SUBMITTER: Steinhilber B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136386 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature