Design and evaluation of the LOPES exoskeleton robot for interactive gait rehabilitation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Veneman, Jan F ^a   Kruidhof, Rik ^a   Hekman, Edsko E G ^a   Ekkelenkamp, Ralf ^a   Van Asseldonk, Edwin H F ^a   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body weight supported treadmill training; Exoskeleton robot; Gait training device

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; GAIN CONTROL; JOINTS (ANATOMY); ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; MACHINE DESIGN; POSITION MEASUREMENT; ROBOTS; SPORTING GOODS;

BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; GAIT TRAINING DEVICES;

PATIENT REHABILITATION; MEASUREMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER EXTREMITY POWERED EXOSKELETON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; TREADMILL; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; GAIT MEASUREMENTS; GAIT REHABILITATION; GAIT TRAINING; LEG EXOSKELETON; LEG MUSCLES; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PELVIS SEGMENT; ROTATIONAL JOINT; TREADMILL TRAINING; TREADMILL WALKING;

EID: 34648837871     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.903919     Document Type: Article

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