An Airjet Actuator System for Identification of the Human Arm Joint Mechanical Properties

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1111-1122

  Xu, Yangming ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^b   Hollerbach, John M ^b   Bennett, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; HUMAN; JOINT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE;

AIR; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS;

ACTUATORS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY - RANDOM PROCESSES;

AIRJET ACTUATOR; FLUIDIC VALVE; HUMAN ARM JOINT; MOMENTUM-FLUX EQUATION; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0025918373     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.99075     Document Type: Article

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