Wearable devices to improve performance and protect against musculoskeletal injuries

摘要

Wearable devices protect against musculoskeletal injuries and improve performance. Systems and methods assist a person's movement during physical activities, such as performing movement (e.g., lifting) and maintaining static postures (e.g., squatting or holding a tool while working overhead). It provides wearable devices. Materials, configurations and system architectures allow wearable devices to be worn over, under, or integrated into clothing, for extended periods of time, to improve performance or reduce the risk of injury. Sensors are included in wearable devices to detect a variety of activities, movements and postures of the wearer, and a variety of active and semi-active controls approaches can utilize sensor information to provide personalized assistance to individual users. have. Various controls optimization techniques ensure that wearable devices operate at peak efficiency.