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    • Biomechanics
    • Robotics
    • Human Motor Control

    Background:

    • Soft assistive wearable robotics, or soft exosuits, enhance motor function and preserve natural movement.
    • These devices reduce fatigue and injury risk during demanding tasks and daily activities.
    • Understanding exosuit influence on muscle coordination is vital for optimizing control and rehabilitation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Investigate muscle synergies during load carrying with and without soft elbow exosuit assistance.
    • Analyze synergy similarity and muscle contributions between conditions.
    • Determine how exosuit assistance alters muscle coordination patterns.

    Main Methods:

    • Healthy participants performed load-carrying tasks over an extended period.
    • Muscle synergies were extracted and analyzed with and without soft elbow exosuit assistance.
    • Synergy similarity and muscle composition were compared across conditions.

    Main Results:

    • Fewer muscle synergies were required with exosuit assistance, suggesting aggregation of motor primitives.
    • Exosuit assistance reduced overall muscle activation.
    • Synergies involving wrist flexors, biceps, and infraspinatus remained unchanged.
    • A deltoid-dominated synergy during load carrying shifted to a triceps-dominated one with exosuit assistance.

    Conclusions:

    • Soft exosuits can simplify motor control strategies during load-carrying tasks.
    • The assistive forces alter specific muscle coordination patterns, notably shifting from deltoid to triceps dominance.
    • This research provides insights into optimizing soft exosuit control for enhanced human performance and rehabilitation.