Identification of care tasks for the use of wearable transfer support robots - an observational study at nursing facilities using robots on a daily basis

• Main Authors: Kenji Kato (Author), Tatsuya Yoshimi (Author), Shohei Tsuchimoto (Author), Nobuaki Mizuguchi (Author), Keita Aimoto (Author), Naoki Itoh (Author), Izumi Kondo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To reduce the physical burden of caregivers, wearable transfer support robots are highly desirable. Although these robots are reportedly effective for specific tasks in experimental environments, there is little information about their effectiveness at nursing care facilities. Th...