A Sensorized Thumb for Force Closed-Loop Control of Hand Neuroprostheses

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-353

  Carpaneto, Jacopo ^a   Micera, Silvestro ^a   Zaccone, Franco ^a   Vecchi, Fabrizio ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Force feedback; Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS); Grasp; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

PROSTHETICS; SENSORS;

NEUROPROTHESES;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THUMB; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 1642498249     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.819938     Document Type: Article

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