Talukder Amit, Jo Jeyeon
Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Wearable Technol. 2025 Feb 25;6:e11. doi: 10.1017/wtc.2025.2. eCollection 2025.
Elastic textiles play a critical role in passive wearable solutions for musculoskeletal load management in both passive exosuits and resistance clothing. These textiles, based on their ability to stretch and retract, can exhibit ambivalence in their load-modulating effects when used in occupational, rehabilitation, exercise, or everyday activity settings. While passive exosuits and resistance garments may appear similar in design, they have opposing goals: to reduce the musculoskeletal load in the case of exosuits and to increase it in the case of resistance clothing. Despite this intrinsic connection, these two approaches have not been extensively linked together. This review aims to fill this gap by examining the common and distinct principles of elastic textiles in passive exosuits and resistance clothing, shedding light on their interactions and the complex dynamics of musculoskeletal load systems. The effectiveness of different designs in passive exosuits that mimic musculoskeletal function and resistance clothing that increase the workload for strength training are critically reviewed. Current challenges in practical implementation and opportunities to improve critical issues, such as preload, thermal comfort, skin friction, and donning and doffing are also highlighted.
弹性纺织品在被动式外骨骼服和阻力服装等用于肌肉骨骼负荷管理的被动可穿戴解决方案中发挥着关键作用。这些纺织品基于其拉伸和收缩的能力,在职业、康复、运动或日常活动环境中使用时,其负荷调节效果可能会表现出矛盾性。虽然被动式外骨骼服和阻力服装在设计上可能看起来相似,但它们有着相反的目标:外骨骼服旨在减轻肌肉骨骼负荷,而阻力服装则旨在增加肌肉骨骼负荷。尽管存在这种内在联系,但这两种方法尚未广泛地联系在一起。本综述旨在通过研究被动式外骨骼服和阻力服装中弹性纺织品的共同和不同原理来填补这一空白,阐明它们之间的相互作用以及肌肉骨骼负荷系统的复杂动态。对被动式外骨骼服中模仿肌肉骨骼功能的不同设计以及增加力量训练工作量的阻力服装的有效性进行了批判性综述。还强调了实际应用中的当前挑战以及改善诸如预负荷、热舒适性、皮肤摩擦以及穿脱等关键问题的机会。