A novel mechatronic body weight support system

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-321

  Frey, Martin ^b   Colombo, Gery ^c,d   Vaglio, Martino ^e   Bucher, Rainer ^c   Jörg, Matthias ^c   Riener, Robert ^a,d,f  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b Helbling Beratung+Bauplanung AG   (Switzerland)

^c HOCOMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic body weight support (BWS); Force control; Ground reaction force; Rehabilitation of neurological impairments; Rehabilitation robotics; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT (BWS); GROUND REACTION FORCE; REHABILITATION OF NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; TREADMILL TRAINING;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORCE CONTROL; GAIT ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS;

MECHATRONICS;

POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33749607363     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.881556     Document Type: Article

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