Last Monday, Charles Moore wrote an article about the A-Gear project at the website Muscular Dystrophy News Today.. The title is: A-gear Novel Wearable Dynamic Arm For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients.
A team of research scientists based at the University of Twente Department Of Biomechanical Engineering in Enschede, The Netherlands, is developing a passive arm support device prototype, dubbed A-gear, that runs along the body from the contact surface between the seat and upper legs via the torso and upper arm to the forearm and is designed to be worn inconspicuously under clothing. As opposed to existing arm orthotics devices, the A-gear’s proposed kinematic structure allows trunk motion and requires fewer links and less joint space without compromising balancing precision of movement.
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