CURRENT USE OF EXOSKELETON AND PROSPECTS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN HABILITATION AND REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE (ANALYTICAL REVIEW)
The review of 108 home and foreign publications revealed that the priority areas of exoskeleton application is military industry and rehabilitation medicine. The bulk of created exoskeletons cannot be widely used for rehabilitation of patients with limited functions of the upper and lower limbs due to their large mass, dependency on the external power source as well as their high cost. We have concluded that a passive exoskeleton is the most applicable for rehabilitation; the major groups needing exoskeletons are the patients suffering from paresis of upper and lower extremities.