A magnetorheological fluid-based controllable active knee brace

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6527, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ahmadkhanlou, Farzad ^a   Zite, Jamaal L ^a   Washington, Gregory N ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active; Knee brace; MR fluid; Orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); ORTHOPEDICS; RHEOLOGY; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

KNEE BRACE; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID; PATIENT STRENGTH; REHABILITATIVE KNEE BRACES;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 35548974323     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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