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This work was supported in part by the ``Exoesqueleto Ligero para la Generacion de Fuerzas en las Extremidades Superiores Aplicado a Tareas de Rehabilitacion (ExoFlex)'' Project funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad under Grant DPI-2015-68842-R, and in part by the ``Lightweight Upper Limbs eXosuit for BImanual Task Enhancement/Exoesqueleto Ligero del Tren Superior para Ayuda a Tareas Bimanuales (LUXBIT)'' funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades under Grant RTI2018-094346-BI00.

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Samper-Escudero, Jose LuisAuthorSanchez-Uran, Miguel AngelAuthorFerre, ManuelCorresponding Author

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A Cable-Driven Exosuit for Upper Limb Flexion Based on Fibres Compliance

Publicated to:Ieee Access. 8 (99): 153297-153310 - 2020-01-01 8(99), DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3018418

Authors: Samper-Escudero, Jose Luis; Gimenez-Fernandez, Antonio; Sanchez-Uran, Miguel Angel; Ferre, Manuel;

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Abstract

Flexible soft exoskeletons, so-called exosuits, are robotic devices that interact with their users to assist or enhance muscle performance. Their lightweight design and lack of rigid parts allow assisting the user's natural motion without any constraints. They are thereby valuable in carrying out daily labour tasks and performing active stances of rehabilitation. Nonetheless, the usage of these devices in long-term applications demands anatomically adaptive designs and mechanisms to tackle textile artefacts and discrepancies in the human constitution. The soft exoskeleton described in this article is a textile-wearable design that assists shoulder and elbow flexion. The cable-driven actuation is embedded in a jacket by using several textiles and deformable parts. The inconveniences of using textile such as slipping, dampening, and pressure sores are tackled by combining textile layers with force-compliant sewing. The design also includes pieces for cable guidance, anchoring and support. These parts employ different tailoring methods so as to ease fabrication, wearing and cleaning. The motors and electronics, whose design is compatible with textiles too, are placed in a backpack. This configuration reduces forces from loads in motion and weight on the arm. Finally, the last part of the document discusses the preliminary results that have been obtained from four subjects who have worn the device.

Keywords

ActuatorAssistanceBackpackDesignExoskeletonExosuitFlexible exoskeletonHuman-robot interactionSoft exoskeletonTextileUpper limbsWearableWorkers

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ieee Access due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 2.31, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 12.61 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-01, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 6
  • Scopus: 46
  • OpenCitations: 44

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-01:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 78 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SAMPER ESCUDERO, JOSÉ LUIS) and Last Author (FERRE PEREZ, MANUEL).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been FERRE PEREZ, MANUEL.