The new exosuit is designed to give its wearer an extra layer of muscles.
Scientists say that early trials show that the suit can give people with limited mobility back their strength.
The soft "wearable exomuscle," dubbed the Myoshirt, can be used to take some of the load off.
The device is easy to spot. The box housing the suit's electronics weighs 8 pounds, while the shirt itself is thin enough to fit under clothing, according to researchers.
The author of a new paper about the suit published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence said that hospitals often have expensive and unwieldy therapy devices.
The team found that the exomuscle allowed them to lift their arms for much longer.
The suit increased endurance by 60 percent for the person with muscular dystrophy. Thanks to the suit, the person with the injury was able to perform three times as many exercises as before.
Early results are promising The team is looking forward to seeing the Myosuit in action.
In the next phase, we want to test our prototype outside the lab in the natural environment of future wearers and use the results to further improve it.
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