Clinical Assessment Of A Five-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton For Severely Disabled Individuals In Performing Daily Activities.

This study evaluates the performance and usability of the EXOTIC upper limb exoskeleton, designed to assist individuals with severe disabilities in performing activities of daily living. The EXOTIC system, featuring a tongue-based control interface and intelligent computer vision assistance, was tested by six individuals with tetraplegia. They needed a minute to drink from a bottle or toggle a light switch and about 1.5 minutes to eat a strawberry or scratch their heads on average. The study highlights the potential of the system to improve independence for individuals with complete functional tetraplegia while revealing important design considerations such as adaptability to different lean angles in the wheelchair and increased stiffness of the fingers of potential users.Clinical relevance-This study presents a hybrid deep learning model for automated wrist fracture detection, which could assist clinicians by enhancing diagnostic accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness.