Fanciullacci, Chiara
McKinney, Zach https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-9050
Monaco, Vito
Milandri, Giovanni
Davalli, Angelo
Sacchetti, Rinaldo
Laffranchi, Matteo
De Michieli, Lorenzo
Baldoni, Andrea
Mazzoni, Alberto
Paternò, Linda
Rosini, Elisa
Reale, Luigi
Trecate, Fabio
Crea, Simona
Vitiello, Nicola
Gruppioni, Emanuele
Funding for this research was provided by:
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (PPR-AI 1-2)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2020
Accepted: 5 October 2021
First Online: 4 December 2021
Declarations
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: All study procedures, including subject recruitment and written informed consent, were pre-approved by the designated ethics committee for the study sites, in conformance with all pertinent institutional protocols and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The specific study approval information is as follows: Ethics Committee: Comitato Etico di Area Vasta Emilia Centro della Regione Emiglia-Romagna (CE-AVEC). Study Reference No. 105/2018/OSS/AUSLBO
: Not applicable—the present manuscript does not contain or present data from any individual person.
: Beyond the official MOTU study funding noted below, additional sources of support and potential perceived conflicts of interest for specific authors include the following: One of the senior authors (NV) receives personal fees as a co-founder, advisor, and member of a wearable robotics business (IUVO SRL, university spin-off). Additional authors (SC, NV, AB) are listed as inventors in a series of pending patents in the domain of wearable robotics. Apart from these instances noted above, each remaining author declares that they have no competing interests, both financial and non-financial.