Development of a 3-D rehabilitation system for upper limbs using ER actuators in a NEDO project

International Journal of Modern Physics B

Volumn 19, Issue 7-9, 2005, Pages 1591-1597

  Furusho, Junji ^a   Koyanagi, Ken'ichi ^a   Nakanishi, Kazuhiko ^a   Ryu, Ushio ^b   Takenaka, Shigekazu ^b   Inoue, Akio ^c   Domen, Kazuhisa ^d   Miyakoshi, Koichi ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asahikasei Engineering Co

^c ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRICITY; EXERCISE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; MECHANICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 20944446201     PISSN: 02179792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217979205030633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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