Saskia Baltrusch

141 Chapter 5 Figure 11: Biomechanical testing (a): (A) The range of motion of the test subjects while: not wearing an exoskeleton (white), wearing an exoskeleton with flexible beams as spinal interface (light gray), and wearing an exoskeleton with a rigid aluminum tube as spinal interface (dark gray). (B) The range of motion of the subjects while: not wearing an exoskeleton (white), wearing an exoskeleton with flexible beams as spinal interface, slider unlocked (light gray), wearing an exoskeleton with flexible beams as spinal interface, slider locked (dark gray) (b) Comparison between the angles measured in the subjects and the corresponding angle in the exoskeleton. 5