Apparatus to measure simultaneously 14 isometric leg joint moments. Part 2: Multi-moment chair system

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-154

  Wood, D E ^a   Donaldson, N D N ^b   Perkins, T A ^b  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Isometric; Joint moments; LARSI; Lower limb; Paraplegia; Standing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; TRANSDUCERS;

ANKLES; ISOMETRIC LEG JOINT MOMENTS; KNEES; LOWER LIMB; MULTI MOMENT CHAIR SYSTEM; PARAPLEGIA;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ACCURACY; ANKLE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORCE; HIP; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; PARAPLEGIA; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; STANDING; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0033034810     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513281     Document Type: Article

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