Hip orthosis powered by pneumatic artificial muscle: Voluntary activation in absence of myoelectrical signal

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Do Nascimento, Breno Gontijo ^a   Vimieiro, Claysson Bruno Santos ^a   Nagem, Danilo Alves Pinto ^a   Pinotti, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electronic control; Gait improvement; Pneumatic artificial muscle; Powered hip orthosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; NEUROLOGY; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PNEUMATICS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SIGNALS; ELECTRONICS CONTROL; GAIT IMPROVEMENT; LOW QUALITIES; MYO-ELECTRICAL SIGNALS; ORTHOSES; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; POWERED HIP ORTHOSIS; SPECIAL CLASS; VOLUNTARY CONTROLS;

MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 41149092852     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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