A novel robotic system for joint biomechanical tests: Application to the human knee joint

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-61

  Fujie, Hiromichi ^a   Sekito, Takeshi ^b   Orita, Akiyuki ^c  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Kawatetsu Systems Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; LOAD TESTING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

JACOBIAN TRANSFORMATIONS; JOINT MOTIONS; MULTI-TASKING OPERATING SYSTEMS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CLAMP; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MUSCLE FORCE; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCERS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2442540922     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1644567     Document Type: Article

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