An ankle-foot orthosis powered by artificial pneumatic muscles

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Ferris, Daniel P ^a   Czerniecki, Joseph M ^b,d   Hannaford, Blake ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Gait; Locomotion; Proportional myoelectric control; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CARBON FIBERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOW PASS FILTERS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL PNEUMATIC MUSCLES; HUMAN LOCOMOTION; ORTHOSIS; TREADMILL;

MUSCLE;

CARBON FIBER;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TREADMILL;

EID: 18744416003     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.21.2.189     Document Type: Article

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