An Actuator System for Investigating Electrophysiological and Biomechanical Feature Around the Human Ankle Joint During Gait

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 299-306

  Andersen, Jacob Buus ^a   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FORCE MEASUREMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANKLE ROTATION; GAIT PATTERN; NATURALLY EVOKED STRETCH REFLEX; POSITION FEEDBACK;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029487029     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.481969     Document Type: Article

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