Soft Exoskeleton Mimics Human Cough for Assisting the Expectoration Capability of SCI Patients.

Journal: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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Abstract

UNLABELLED: This paper describes the design of a bionic soft exoskeleton and demonstrates its feasibility for assisting the expectoration function rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Authors

  • Yan Zhang
    Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, 110032, China.
  • Ziqi Wang
    The Center for Ion Beam Bioengineering & Green Agriculture, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China.
  • Qinggang Ge
  • Zongyu Wang
  • Xiangjie Zhou
  • Shaohang Han
  • Weidong Guo
    Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China.
  • Yuru Zhang
  • Dangxiao Wang