A Biofeedback Cane System: Instrumentation and Subject Application Results

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 132-138

  Moran, Patrick T ^a,b   Harris, Gerald F ^a,b   Acharya, Khomeshwari ^a,b   Zhu, Hongsheng ^a,b   Wertsch, Jacqueline J ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; AUDIO EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA RECORDING; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MICROCOMPUTERS; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES; TABLE LOOKUP;

AUDIO ALARM; AUDIO FEEDBACK; AXIAL CANE FORCES; BIOFEEDBACK CANE SYSTEM; CANE LOAD MAGNITUDE; FORCE SENSING RESISTORS;

BIOFEEDBACK;

EID: 0029267525     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.372903     Document Type: Article

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