Table 1.
Device Name | Application Domain | Motorization Solution | Targeted Population(s) | Degrees of Freedom | Supported Movement(s) | Company/Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dynamic Orthosis | Assistance | Passive–SMA | Other | 3 | Elbow–FE Wrist–FE Thumb and Digits–FE |
Garavaglia et al. [54] |
Elbow Flexion Assist Orthosis | Assistance | Passive–Springs | AMC | 1 | Elbow–FE | Wee et al. [55] |
Playskin Lift | Assistance | Passive–Wire | AMC, BPP, Other | 1 | Shoulder–FE | Hall et Lobo [56] |
Playskin Air | Assistance | Active–Soft | AMC, BPP, Other | 1 | Shoulder–AA | Li et al. [57] |
P-WREX+ | Assistance | Passive–Springs | AMC, BPP, Other | 4 | Shoulder–FE, AA Elbow–FE |
Rahman et al. [58] |
WREX | Assistance | Passive–Springs | DMD, AMC, CP, SMA | 4 | Shoulder–FE, AA Elbow–FE |
Gunn et al. [59], Shank et al. [60] |
Abbreviations: CP: cerebral palsy, DMD: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, AMC: arthrogryposis. SMA: spinal muscular atrophy, BPP: brachial plexus palsy, FE: flexion–extension, AA: abduction–adduction.