Walker-assisted gait in rehabilitation: A study of biomechanics and instrumentation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 96-105

  Bachschmidt, Rebecca A ^b   Harris, Gerald F ^a,b,c,d   Simoneau, Guy G ^a,e  

^a IEEE

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC)   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Biomedical transducers; Dynamics; Finite element methods; Force measurement; Handicapped aids; Kinematics; Legged locomotion

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMOMETERS; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STRAIN GAGES; WALKING AIDS;

WALKER DYNAMOMETER SYSTEMS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHOULDER JOINT; WALKERS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0034895740     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7333.918282     Document Type: Article

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