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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8655: Effects of a Passive Back-Support Exoskeleton on Muscle Activity and Perceived Discomfort Across Lifting and Lowering Tasks of Varying Heights and Weights

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (435+ words) Manual material handling tasks are a major source of physical workload and work-related musculoskeletal disorders in industrial environments. This study evaluated the effects of a passive back-support exoskeleton (BSE) on muscle activity and perceived discomfort during lifting and lowering tasks…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8277: Bridging Health Sciences and Engineering Through the Interdisciplinary Development of a Proof-of-Concept Wireless Telerehabilitation Prototype: A Preliminary Laboratory and Usability Study

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (456+ words) Background: Wearable sensing and local wireless communication architectures offer significant potential for accessible rehabilitation technologies. The objective of this exploratory study was to design, implement, and describe an interdisciplinary, wireless inertial sensing platform—the Virtual Therapist Platform (VTP)—for real-time…...

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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8209: FIBROSTEPS: Study Protocol for a 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Group Exercise and Somatic Tracking in Fibromyalgia

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (518+ words) Fibromyalgia (FM) causes widespread pain, poor sleep, fatigue, and reduced quality of life. Exercise is the best supported non-pharmacological treatment, yet many patients report that it is insufficient on its own. Somatic tracking is a component of pain reprocessing therapy....