one of the most common diseases associated with musculo-skeletal ailment is low back pain which is epidemic among general public. if manual tasks are performed inappropriately by workers at workplaces, it may cause back pain in the lumbar spine. in recent years, a variety of assistive devices has been presented and used to utilize a passive force generator which has been effective in decreasing...

The blind and visually impaired people needs assistance in their day-to-day life, for navigation, detecting objects, text recognition etc., Computer vision based assistive device for the blind is promising and efficient technology but still, the area is still a developing one. Various assistive device exist today to assist the blind most of which are still in prototypical stages. Purpose of thi...

Study Design Systematic review. Clinical Questions (1) When used as an assistive device, do wearable exoskeletons improve lower extremity function or gait compared with knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs) in patients with complete or incomplete spinal cord injury? (2) When used as a rehabilitation device, do wearable exoskeletons improve lower extremity function or gait compared with other rehabil...

The market penetration of user-centric assistive devices has rapidly increased in the past decades. Growth in computational power, accessibility, and "cognitive" device capabilities have been accompanied by significant reductions in weight, size, and price, as a result of which mobile and wearable equipment are becoming part of our everyday life. In this context, a key focus of development has ...

Current production of hearing aids meets lesser than global needs. Hearing aids and other assistive devices can be used to improve Deafness and hearing loss in people especially using sign language. However, expressing sign language is not known or understood by everyone. These possess serious drawbacks in communicating to and from the deaf. Thus, the paper is to propose a framework that will i...

The design and control of an active ankle‐foot rehabilitation orthotic system that was designed as a wearable and portable rehabilitation and walking assistive tool is presented. This device can measure and assist the six degree of freedoms (DOFs) movement of the human ankle joint by using a Stewart platform mechanism, which can adapt to the displacement of the r...

Background. In the study of wearable device users, it was found that the intentional motives for using wearable devices were a novelty, fun, and popular trends, but whether the needs and functions of device users will change due to the change the time is the focus of this study. Objectives. This study aims to examine the path relationships among motivation of use, exercise commitment, and exer...

Assistive devices are a key aspect in wearable systems for biomedical applications, as they represent potential aids for people with physical and sensory disabilities that might lead to improvements in the quality of life. This chapter focuses on wearable assistive devices for the blind. It intends to review the most significant work done in this area, to present the latest approaches for assis...

Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children. The skills required to diagnose it make it an even greater concern. In this work, we present a child-friendly wearable device, which allows in-home diagnosis of asthma. The device acquires simultaneous measurements from multiple stethoscopes. The recordings are then sent to a specialist who uses assistive diagnosis algorithms that enable...