A novel knee exoskeleton for overweight person

• Main Authors: Saleem, Azizullah, Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Ahmmad, Syed Masrur
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: IEEE 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50666/1/50666-A_Novel_Knee_Exoskeleton_for_Overweight_Person_Fullarticle.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50666/4/ASCC-organizer.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50666/7/50666_A%20novel%20knee%20exoskeleton%20for%20overweight%20person_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50666/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=7244651
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Overweight person experiences 2.9-4.7 times load of the bodyweight at the knee joint during walking. Research has shown that two main muscles which are vastus medial and gastrocnemius muscles contribute to the stressing of the knee joint during walking. In this research a light weight exoskeleton...