Development and control of a 'soft-actuated' exoskeleton for use in physiotherapy and training

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-33

  Tsagarakis, N G ^a   Caldwell, Darwin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Pneumatic muscles; Rehabilitation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

EXOSKELETON;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0042843622     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024484615192     Document Type: Article

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