Robotic assessment of locomotor recovery in spinal contused rats

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 IV, Issue , 2004, Pages 2687-2690

  Nessler, J A ^a   Reinkensmeyer, D J ^a,c   Sharp, K ^c   Kwak, E ^a,c   Minakata, K ^a,c   DeLeon, R D ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Motor control; Robotics; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FORCE PLATFORMS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTIC ARMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 11144273313     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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