Spring over muscle (SOM) actuator for rehabilitation devices

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

Volumn 26 IV, Issue , 2004, Pages 2726-2729

  Bharadwaj, Kartik ^a   Hollander, Kevin W ^a   Mathis, Christian A ^a   Sugar, Thomas G ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Rehabilitation; Spring over muscle

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HYSTERESIS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; ROBOTICS; RUBBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS; SPRING OVER MUSCLE (SOM); THERAPY DEVICES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 11144275916     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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