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Evaluation of Trunk Assistance Exoskeleton
Led by TOPMED · Updated on 2025-07-25
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
47 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
TOPMED
Lead Sponsor
I
Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the effect of three different designs of trunk assistance exoskeletons on cumulative lumbar load, trunk extensors' muscular fatigue and comfort in healthy volunteers. The main questions it aims to answer is: will exoskeletons reduce muscle fatigue and cumulative lumbar load. Participants will : * get each exoskeletons adjusted and then practice the lifting task and measurement sequence in a first session * perform a lifting task for 4 blocks of 20 minutes on different sessions for each exoskeleton, another session is performed without assistance.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Evaluation of Trunk Assistance Exoskeleton
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Able to communicate in French
You will not qualify if you...
- Back pain in the last year
- Back pain lasting more than a week in previous years
- Musculoskeletal injury in the last year
- Trunk musculoskeletal system surgery in the last year
- Diagnosis of scoliosis
- Systemic illness, degenerative disease, or syndrome affecting trunk musculoskeletal or nervous system
- Body mass index over 35 kg/m^2
- History of neurological damage
- Any contraindication to physical activity
- Unable to perform the lifting task at the specified rhythm
- Medication that negatively affects balance
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
TOPMED
Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1S1C1
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
E
Edith Martin, Ph.D
CONTACT
G
Gabriel Diamond Ouellette, Ph.D
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
1
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