A static dynamometer measuring simultaneous torques exerted at the upper limb

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Boissy, P ^a   Bourbonnais, D ^a   Gravel, D ^a   Arsenault, A B ^a   Leblanc, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Dynamometry; Hemiparesis; Motor control; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMOMETERS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STRAIN GAGES; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

HEMIPARESIS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND GRIP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0032169264     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.712229     Document Type: Article

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