An active lower-extremity exoskeleton for synchronous mobility assistance in lifting and carrying manual handling task / Sado Fatai

• Main Author: Sado , Fatai
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14098/1/Sado_Fatai.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14098/2/Sado_Fatai.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14098/

Lifting and carrying manual handling (MH) works are among the leading causes of occupational injuries worldwide. These works involve frequent postural and dynamic movements like repetitive squatting, lowering, and walking (under load) which are risk factors for the pathogenesis and progression of se...