Can a Novel Light Weight Minimal Support Lifting Exoskeleton Modify Lifting Movement in People without Low Back Pain?
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- Sensors (Basel), 2024, 24, (15), pp. 5067
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- 2024-08-05
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dc.contributor.author | Burjawi, T | |
dc.contributor.author |
Chai, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-7024 |
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dc.contributor.author | Arrowsmith, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Pranata, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-05T09:03:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-01 | |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-05T09:03:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-08-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sensors (Basel), 2024, 24, (15), pp. 5067 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1424-8220 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1424-8220 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180639 | |
dc.description.abstract | Low back pain (LBP) is a major contributor to lifting-related disabilities. To minimize the risk of back pain, emerging technologies known as lifting exoskeletons were designed to optimize lifting movements. However, it is currently unknown whether a minimally supportive exoskeleton can alter the lifting movement in people without LBP. This study aims to investigate if wearing a novel lightweight exoskeleton that minimally supports the back, hip, and knee can alter the lifting range of motion and movement variations in people without LBP. This study also aims to investigate if wearing this novel exoskeleton can result in a reliable between-day lifting movement. In two separate sessions (each one week apart), fourteen participants lifted a box (that weighed 10% of their body weight) ten times, once while wearing an exoskeleton and once while not wearing an exoskeleton. Wearing the novel exoskeleton during lifting produced moderate-high, test-retest reliability (Trunk: ICC3,1 = 0.89, 95% CI [0.67, 0.96], SEM = 9.34°; Hip: ICC3,1 = 0.63, 95% CI [0.22, 0.88], SEM = 2.57°; Knee: ICC3,1 = 0.61, 95% CI [0.23, 0.87], SEM = 2.50°). Wearing an exoskeleton significantly decreased the range of motion of the knee (F1,4 = 4.83, p = 0.031, ηp2 = 0.06). Additionally, wearing an exoskeleton significantly decreased hip (diff = 8.38, p = 0.045) and knee (diff = -8.57, p = 0.038) movement variability; however, wearing an exoskeleton did not decrease the movement variability of the body's trunk (diff = 0.60, p = 1.00). Therefore, minimally supported lifting through the use of exoskeletons can modify movement in people without LBP and produce reliable lifting movements. Wearing the novel exoskeleton is also desirable for monitoring lifting movements. Future studies should investigate the use of sensors and IMU to monitor lifting movement at work with the least amount of intrusion on an individual's movement. | |
dc.format | Electronic | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | MDPI | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sensors (Basel) | |
dc.relation.isbasedon | 10.3390/s24155067 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | 0301 Analytical Chemistry, 0502 Environmental Science and Management, 0602 Ecology, 0805 Distributed Computing, 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering | |
dc.subject.classification | Analytical Chemistry | |
dc.subject.classification | 3103 Ecology | |
dc.subject.classification | 4008 Electrical engineering | |
dc.subject.classification | 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware | |
dc.subject.classification | 4104 Environmental management | |
dc.subject.classification | 4606 Distributed computing and systems software | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Exoskeleton Device | |
dc.subject.mesh | Low Back Pain | |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | |
dc.subject.mesh | Lifting | |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Range of Motion, Articular | |
dc.subject.mesh | Movement | |
dc.subject.mesh | Biomechanical Phenomena | |
dc.subject.mesh | Young Adult | |
dc.subject.mesh | Knee | |
dc.subject.mesh | Knee | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Low Back Pain | |
dc.subject.mesh | Range of Motion, Articular | |
dc.subject.mesh | Movement | |
dc.subject.mesh | Lifting | |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | |
dc.subject.mesh | Young Adult | |
dc.subject.mesh | Biomechanical Phenomena | |
dc.subject.mesh | Exoskeleton Device | |
dc.title | Can a Novel Light Weight Minimal Support Lifting Exoskeleton Modify Lifting Movement in People without Low Back Pain? | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
utslib.citation.volume | 24 | |
utslib.location.activity | Switzerland | |
utslib.for | 0301 Analytical Chemistry | |
utslib.for | 0502 Environmental Science and Management | |
utslib.for | 0602 Ecology | |
utslib.for | 0805 Distributed Computing | |
utslib.for | 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT) | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT)/Associate Member | |
utslib.copyright.status | open_access | * |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-09-05T09:03:29Z | |
pubs.issue | 15 | |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | |
pubs.volume | 24 | |
utslib.citation.issue | 15 |
Abstract:
Low back pain (LBP) is a major contributor to lifting-related disabilities. To minimize the risk of back pain, emerging technologies known as lifting exoskeletons were designed to optimize lifting movements. However, it is currently unknown whether a minimally supportive exoskeleton can alter the lifting movement in people without LBP. This study aims to investigate if wearing a novel lightweight exoskeleton that minimally supports the back, hip, and knee can alter the lifting range of motion and movement variations in people without LBP. This study also aims to investigate if wearing this novel exoskeleton can result in a reliable between-day lifting movement. In two separate sessions (each one week apart), fourteen participants lifted a box (that weighed 10% of their body weight) ten times, once while wearing an exoskeleton and once while not wearing an exoskeleton. Wearing the novel exoskeleton during lifting produced moderate-high, test-retest reliability (Trunk: ICC3,1 = 0.89, 95% CI [0.67, 0.96], SEM = 9.34°; Hip: ICC3,1 = 0.63, 95% CI [0.22, 0.88], SEM = 2.57°; Knee: ICC3,1 = 0.61, 95% CI [0.23, 0.87], SEM = 2.50°). Wearing an exoskeleton significantly decreased the range of motion of the knee (F1,4 = 4.83, p = 0.031, ηp2 = 0.06). Additionally, wearing an exoskeleton significantly decreased hip (diff = 8.38, p = 0.045) and knee (diff = -8.57, p = 0.038) movement variability; however, wearing an exoskeleton did not decrease the movement variability of the body's trunk (diff = 0.60, p = 1.00). Therefore, minimally supported lifting through the use of exoskeletons can modify movement in people without LBP and produce reliable lifting movements. Wearing the novel exoskeleton is also desirable for monitoring lifting movements. Future studies should investigate the use of sensors and IMU to monitor lifting movement at work with the least amount of intrusion on an individual's movement.
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