A method for measuring endpoint stiffness during multi-joint arm movements

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1705-1709

  Burdet, E ^a,b,c   Osu, R ^a   Franklin, D W ^d   Yoshioka, T ^a   Milner, T E ^d   Kawato, M ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Human arm; Robotic interface; Stiffness measurement; Voluntary movements

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TECHNIQUE;

ARM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033821059     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00142-1     Document Type: Article

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