Lifting success of trunk exoskeletons: bridging the gap between biomechanical solutions and end-users' perception
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Low-back pain is the number one cause of disability in the world [1]. The Netherlands spend more than 3 billion euros on low-back pain each year [2]. Lowback pain causes a considerable burden on industry, involving negative consequences for companies and the individual employee [3,4]. A variety of factors is believed to contribute to the onset of low-back pain [5], including biomechanical, psychosocial and personal factors [6,7]. Researchers have, for many years, tried to understand the underlying mechanisms of this multifaceted disorder. With no clear pathological cause established in almost 90 % of the cases [8], current treatment is not very successful.
TNO Identifier
984195
Source
Tijdschrift voor Human Factors, 47(3), pp. 15-18.
Pages
15-18