Design of a variable constraint hip mechanism for a hybrid neuroprosthesis to restore gait after spinal cord injury

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-205

  To, Curits S ^a   Kobetic, Rudi ^b   Schnellenberger, John R ^b   Audu, Musa L ^a   Triolo, Ronald J ^b,c,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS); Hybrid neuroprosthesis (HNP); Mechanical orthosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; TORQUE;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION (FNS); MECHANICAL ORTHOSIS; NEUROPROSTHESIS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

EID: 43249101955     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.918551     Document Type: Article

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