Design optimization of a pedaling mechanism for paraplegics

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 132-138

  Rasmussen, J ^b   Christensen, S T ^b   Gfohler M ^a   Damsgaard, M ^b   Angeli, T ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ergonomic optimization; Inverse dynamics; Paraplegics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; HYSTERESIS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ERGONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; INVERSE DYNAMICS; PARAPLEGICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 1142288315     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-003-0324-5     Document Type: Article

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