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Head-to-head benchmark of four commercial passive back exoskeletons (two rigid, two soft) in Wearable Technologies (2024): 10 participants performed four workplace-simulated tasks; assistive moments, trunk muscle EMG, comfort and exertion were compared across devices. The Zenodo deposit (CC BY 4.0) holds averaged 12-channel abdominal/back EMG for the dynamic tasks and static postures across all five conditions, plus comfort ratings (xlsx).

Details

Subjects

n = 10

Setting

Laboratory (controlled or simulated)

Protocol / load

Four workplace-simulated lifting tasks with rigid (Laevo Flex, Paexo Back) and soft (Darwing Hakobelude, Auxivo LiftSuit 1.0) passive back exoskeletons

Equipment

Laevo Flex, Paexo Back, Darwing Hakobelude, Auxivo LiftSuit 1.0; EMG, assistive-moment measurement

Formats

mat

License

CC-BY-4.0

Keywords

exoskeleton, back, benchmark, passive-exoskeleton, comfort

Added to catalog

2026-08-07

Exoskeleton

Record type

Device evaluation

Device(s)

Laevo Flex, Paexo Back (Ottobock), Darwing Hakobelude, Auxivo LiftSuit 1.0

Body region

Back

Actuation

Passive

Study design

Four devices vs. no device, head-to-head, within-subject

Outcomes

Muscle activity (EMG), Kinetics / assistive forces, Subjective ratings, Discomfort / usability

This record is part of the exoskeleton collection.

Cite

Cite the dataset as its authors request (check the source page for an official citation); this BibTeX is a convenience starting point.

@misc{refai-passive-back-benchmark,
  author = {Mohamed Refai, M.I. and Moya-Esteban, A. and van Zijl, L. and van der Kooij, H. and Sartori, M.},
  title  = {{Benchmarking Four Commercial Passive Back Exoskeletons for Industrial Work}},
  year   = {2024},
  doi    = {10.5281/zenodo.14983524},
  url    = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14983524},
}