An analysis of the force and angle necessary to develop a standing-up assistive device

Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1211-1215

  Sugimura, Yukinobu ^a   Wada, Chikamune ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Positioning sensor; Pressure sensor; Standing up; The elderly

Indexed keywords

CONTACT SENSORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ASSISTIVE DEVICE; POSITION SENSORS; PRESSURE SENSORS; STANDING-UP; THE ELDERLY;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 12844269433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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