Table 4 Overview of 5 top research articles relevant to the current topic
Study | Article 1 [41] | Article 2 [37] | Article 3 [43] | Article 4 [28] | Article 5 [47] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disorder | Stroke/Neural | N/A | Stroke/Neural | Post stroke paretic ankle | N/A |
Actuator | Fabric-based actuator | Pneumatic actuator | Silicon rubber | 2-DOF actuator | Voice coil actuator |
Sensor type | Pressure and EMG sensor | Pressure and FBG sensor | Actuator | IMU sensor | Vibrotactile force sensors |
VR/MR | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Application | Hand | Hand | Hand | Ankle | Hand |
Study type | Evaluation study (5 healthy subjects, 2 stroke survivors) | Pilot trial (6 chronic stroke patients) | Prototype evaluation (1 healthy voluteer) | Prototype evaluation (3 subjects) | Pilot trial (1: 17 users, 2:16 users) |
Wearability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N\A |
Softness | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feedback type | Haptic | Force | N\A | Force | Visual |