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BKK Mobil Oil is a German public health insurance provider, rewalk an exoskeleton system. https://rewalk.com/blog/rewalk-enters-contract-with-bkk-mobil-oil-hea
by Borrible 5y ago
BKK Mobil Oil is a German public health insurance provider, rewalk an exoskeleton system.
https://rewalk.com/blog/rewalk-enters-contract-with-bkk-mobil-oil-health-insurance-fund-for-the-supply-of-rewalk-exoskeleton-to-eligible-persons-with-spinal-cord-injury-in-germany/ https://rewalk.com/blog/rewalk-enters-contract-with-bkk-mobi...
So it's exoskeletons just around the corner.
And they can be carried around, so haven't to be build into that corner.
You may do your own cost comparisons for funding purposes considering the wider market for exoskeleton systems in logistics, construction, etc.
So this is just one example, there are a lot more different exoskeleton systems available.
Now I just have to look up, whether there are already studies, that tell me about probable health-promoting physiotherapeutic effects.
- Borrible 5y agoAh, there is one from 2018: Robotic exoskeletons: The current pros and cons https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6153133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6153133/ Of course you more often need upper limb or back support systems, they are much cheaper: https://exoskeletonreport.com/product-category/exoskeleton-catalog/industrial/back-support/ https://exoskeletonreport.com/product-category/exoskeleton-c... So, there you go. To strain the metaphor.