A specialized robot for ankle rehabilitation and evaluation

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-86

  Lin, Chou Ching K ^a   Ju, Ming Shaung ^b   Chen, Shu Min ^b   Pan, Bo Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Fuzzy control; Rehabilitation robot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FUZZY CONTROL; MOTORS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SERVOMOTORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ANKLE JOINT; REHABILITATION ROBOT; ROBOT SYSTEM;

ROBOTICS;

ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 50349098703     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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