Valerie Power
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194
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About
Valerie Power is a biomedical and rehabilitation engineer whose research sits at the intersection of assistive robotics, wearable technology, and user-centred design. She has made significant contributions to the development of soft exoskeletons — flexible, wearable robotic systems designed to support mobility in older adults and individuals with gait impairments. Her most-cited work (79 citations) examines the technology acceptance of assistive exoskeletons among older adults, emphasizing the critical importance of incorporating user perspectives from the earliest stages of design. This philosophy of user-centred development runs throughout her body of work, including her contributions to the European XoSoft project, which produced a modular soft exoskeleton for people with mild to moderate gait difficulties. A distinctive strand of Power's research addresses safety in wearable robotics design. Through two systematic reviews on cuff pressure algometry — together accumulating nearly 80 citations — she helped establish evidence-based pressure thresholds to guide how soft exoskeletons interact with body tissue, filling a critical gap in safe device development. Her multidisciplinary approach, bridging clinical pain science, robotics engineering, and human factors, positions her as a thoughtful and practically-minded researcher whose work is shaping the responsible design of next-generation assistive technologies.
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