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. 2021 May 20;21(10):3561. doi: 10.3390/s21103561

Table 1.

Sensorless upper limb exoskeletons in pediatrics.

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.