Re:Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk
by tremon on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:40AM
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The human system doesn't use single-muscle feedback for holding position though; it requires flexing both the push and pull muscles and coordinating the strength between them; positional information is relayed not just from the muscles, but the surrounding skin as well.
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Re:Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk
by TheAdamAndChe on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:54AM
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The constant muscle tone is largely to help bones stay in ball-and-socket joints. Presumably, such tone wouldn't be necessary with other kinds of joints.