Automatic control design for a dynamic knee-brace system

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Irby, S E ^a   Kaufman, K R ^a   Mathewson, J W ^a   Sutherland, D H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic control; Energy consumption; Gait; Knee brace; Knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO); Orthosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR ENERGY MEASUREMENT; GAIT; KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; KNEE BRACE; KNEE FLEXION;

BRACES (FOR LIMBS AND JOINTS);

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0033053425     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.769403     Document Type: Article

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