Use of robotics technology to measure friction in animal joints

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Mabuchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Fujie, H ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal joint; Friction measurement; Robotics

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE CONTROL; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; RELIABILITY; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

CANINE HIP JOINTS; FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT; SLIDING SURFACE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; FRICTION; HINDLIMB; HIP; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0030130989     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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