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Development of Walk Assistive Orthoses for Elderly

Jeremy Olivier

The proportion of elderly people is rapidly growing and the resources to help them will soon be insufficient. An important difficulty faced by the seniors is locomotion. Among the conditions that may be responsible for gait impairment, the reduced muscular ...

EPFL2016

Stretchable Materials for Robust Soft Actuators towards Assistive Wearable Devices

Jamie Paik, Gunjan Agarwal, Basile Nicolas Audergon

Soft actuators made from elastomeric active materials can find widespread potential implementation in a variety of applications ranging from assistive wearable technologies targeted at biomedical rehabilitation or assistance with activities of daily living ...

Nature Research2016

Physical activity monitoring based on wearable technology combining inertial and barometric pressure sensors : application to stroke patients

Fabien Massé

Stroke, or cerebral-vascular accident is the leading cause of disabilities in the western world. It primarily affects mobility due to a degradation of principal motor functions such as balance and gait. This reduction of mobility directly impacts the spect ...

EPFL2015

Mechanisms for actuated assistive hip orthoses

Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Jeremy Olivier, Amalric Louis Ortlieb

Mobility is often a central problem for people having muscle weaknesses. The need for new devices to assist walking and walk related activities is therefore growing. Lower limb actuated orthoses have already proven their positive impact with paraplegic pat ...

Elsevier2014

Recommendations for Standardizing Validation Procedures Assessing Physical Activity of Older Persons by Monitoring Body Postures and Movements

Kamiar Aminian

Physical activity is an important determinant of health and well-being in older persons and contributes to their social participation and quality of life. Hence, assessment tools are needed to study this physical activity in free-living conditions. Wearabl ...

Mdpi Ag2014