Chiharu Ishii

Evaluation of Lumbar Burdens for Endoskeleton-Type Assist Suit Based on Musculoskeletal Model and Its Improvement of the Utility

In endoskeleton-type assist suits, since the compressive force is added to the spine, a lumbar disc may be badly affected. However, in general, the lumbar burdens while lifting a heavy object under wearing the endoskeleton-type assist suit have not been fully investigated. In this paper, first, lumb…