Real-time estimation of intrinsic and reflex stiffness

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1875-1884

  Ludvig, Daniel ^a   Kearney, Robert E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control systems; Biological motor systems; Biomechanics; Identification

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); RANDOM PROCESSES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL MOTOR SYSTEMS; PSEUDO-RANDOM PULSES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; POSITION; REFLEX; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TORQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX; TORQUE;

EID: 34548828790     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.894737     Document Type: Article

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