Study of the different types of actuators and mechanisms for upper limb prostheses

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-516

  Del Cura, Vanderlei O ^a   Cunha, Fransérgio L ^a   Aguiar, Manoel L ^a   Cliquet Jr , Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actuators; Artificial hand; Hand prostheses; Mechanisms; Myoelectric prostheses; Upper limb prostheses

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

ARTIFICIAL HAND; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN HANDS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; METAL ALLOYS; MOTOR APPLICATIONS; MYOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; UPPER LIMB PROSTHESIS;

MECHANICAL ACTUATORS;

ALLOY; POLYMER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HAND; HUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL;

EID: 0037504198     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.07000.x     Document Type: Article

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