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An overview of upper limbs exoskeletons aimed at supporting daily life activities of persons with different levels of disabilities is presented, with a particular focus on the functional gain the devices possibly deliver to the user. Observed differences in terms of effective functional improvement and self-perceived functional improvement will be discussed, with particular attention to deriving requirements for a successful assistive device.
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Gandolla, M., Antonietti, A., Longatelli, V., Dalla Gasperina, S., Ambrosini, E., Pedrocchi, A. (2020). Research Technologies for Assistance During Daily Life Activities. In: Henriques, J., Neves, N., de Carvalho, P. (eds) XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019. MEDICON 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 76. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_207
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