This gadget proves wearable robots are hippest solution for elderly fitness

McKnight’s Senior Living January 18, 2024
Aaron Dorman

Shakira wrote that “hips don’t lie” and unfortunately seniors’ sore, stiff hips often shout the truth about the natural digression of fitness and mobility that comes with aging.

However, recent research on a “hip-assist” robotic device, which goes around a users’ waist, could help users improve stride and balance to regain a healthy fitness level.

Mobility issues can affect a senior’s quality of life in and of themselves, but also lead to dangerous secondary effects such increasing the risk of falling.

Although many recent wearable robotic tools aimed at seniors are meant to deal with specific conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, the hip-assist robot appears to be more broadly for seniors with even mild mobility concerns.

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