Rationale for multiple compensation of muscle weakness walking with a wearable robotic orthosis

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1914-1919

  Moreno, J C ^b   Brunetti, F J ^b   Pons, J L ^a,b   Baydal, J M ^c   Barbera R ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMECÁNICA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Exoskeleton; Gait rehabilitation; Robotic orthosis; Wearable robotics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOTION COMPENSATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; ROBOTICS;

EXOSKELETAL DEVICES; EXOSKELETONS; GAIT REHABILITATION; ROBOTIC ORTHOSIS; WEARABLE ROBOTICS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 33845596608     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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