Saskia Baltrusch

188 Chapter 7 Figure 4: Metabolic cost of lifting with and without exoskeleton. Values are normalised for bodyweight. N=10. Error bars indicate standard deviations. Black lines indicate individual responses. *Significant change in metabolic cost between control condition (without) and exoskeleton condition (with). Figure 5: Peak flexion angles in the knee (a), hip (b), L5S1 joint (c) and trunk (d), over one lifting cycle, with and without the exoskeleton, averaged over all participants. N=8. Error bars indicate standard deviations. Black lines indicate individual responses. “lifting” refers to bending down without the box and picking up the box to a standing position. “lowering” refers to putting down the box and coming up to a standing position without the box.