Lower limb human muscle enhancer

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1915-1921

  Misuraca, Joseph J ^a   Mavroidls, Constantinos ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT;

HUMAN MUSCLE ENHANCERS (HME); MYO-PNEUMATIC (MP) SENSORS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542516439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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