{"title":"Wearable Soft Robots: Case Study of Using Shape Memory Alloys in Rehabilitation.","authors":"Zain Shami, Tughrul Arslan, Peter Lomax","doi":"10.3390/bioengineering12030276","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have emerged as a promising actuation technology for wearable rehabilitation robots due to their unique properties, including the shape memory effect, high actuation stress, pseudoelasticity, and three-dimensional actuation. With a significantly higher Young's modulus than biological tissues, SMAs enable efficient and responsive interaction with the human body, making them well suited for musculoskeletal rehabilitation applications. This paper provides a comprehensive review of SMA-based wearable devices for both upper- and lower-limb rehabilitation. It explores their configurations, actuation mechanisms, associated challenges, and optimization strategies to enhance performance. By discussing recent advancements, this review aims to inform researchers and engineers on the development of sustainable, effective, and patient-centric wearable rehabilitation robots.</p>","PeriodicalId":8874,"journal":{"name":"Bioengineering","volume":"12 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11939777/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioengineering","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12030276","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) have emerged as a promising actuation technology for wearable rehabilitation robots due to their unique properties, including the shape memory effect, high actuation stress, pseudoelasticity, and three-dimensional actuation. With a significantly higher Young's modulus than biological tissues, SMAs enable efficient and responsive interaction with the human body, making them well suited for musculoskeletal rehabilitation applications. This paper provides a comprehensive review of SMA-based wearable devices for both upper- and lower-limb rehabilitation. It explores their configurations, actuation mechanisms, associated challenges, and optimization strategies to enhance performance. By discussing recent advancements, this review aims to inform researchers and engineers on the development of sustainable, effective, and patient-centric wearable rehabilitation robots.
形状记忆合金（SMA）具有独特的特性，包括形状记忆效应、高致动应力、假弹性和三维致动，因此已成为可穿戴康复机器人的一种前景广阔的致动技术。SMA 的杨氏模量明显高于生物组织，能与人体进行高效、灵敏的互动，非常适合肌肉骨骼康复应用。本文全面综述了基于 SMA 的上肢和下肢康复可穿戴设备。它探讨了这些设备的配置、驱动机制、相关挑战以及提高性能的优化策略。通过讨论最新进展，本综述旨在为研究人员和工程师开发可持续、有效、以患者为中心的可穿戴康复机器人提供信息。
期刊介绍：
Aims
Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354) provides an advanced forum for the science and technology of bioengineering. It publishes original research papers, comprehensive reviews, communications and case reports. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. All aspects of bioengineering are welcomed from theoretical concepts to education and applications. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. There are, in addition, four key features of this Journal:
● We are introducing a new concept in scientific and technical publications “The Translational Case Report in Bioengineering”. It is a descriptive explanatory analysis of a transformative or translational event. Understanding that the goal of bioengineering scholarship is to advance towards a transformative or clinical solution to an identified transformative/clinical need, the translational case report is used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles that may guide other similar transformative/translational undertakings.
● Manuscripts regarding research proposals and research ideas will be particularly welcomed.
● Electronic files and software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.
● We also accept manuscripts communicating to a broader audience with regard to research projects financed with public funds.
Scope
● Bionics and biological cybernetics: implantology; bio–abio interfaces
● Bioelectronics: wearable electronics; implantable electronics; “more than Moore” electronics; bioelectronics devices
● Bioprocess and biosystems engineering and applications: bioprocess design; biocatalysis; bioseparation and bioreactors; bioinformatics; bioenergy; etc.
● Biomolecular, cellular and tissue engineering and applications: tissue engineering; chromosome engineering; embryo engineering; cellular, molecular and synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; bio-nanotechnology; micro/nano technologies; genetic engineering; transgenic technology
● Biomedical engineering and applications: biomechatronics; biomedical electronics; biomechanics; biomaterials; biomimetics; biomedical diagnostics; biomedical therapy; biomedical devices; sensors and circuits; biomedical imaging and medical information systems; implants and regenerative medicine; neurotechnology; clinical engineering; rehabilitation engineering
● Biochemical engineering and applications: metabolic pathway engineering; modeling and simulation
● Translational bioengineering
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
