Stair ascending and descending with the cooperative neuroprosthesis WALK!

Neuromodulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Fuhr, Thomas ^a   Quintern, Jochen ^b   Schmidt, Günther ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Neurological Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control system; Functional neuromuscular stimulation; Lower extremity neuroprosthesis; Stair ascending; Stair descending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; CLIMBING; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038207677     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1403.2003.03007.x     Document Type: Article

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