Towards the development of knee prostheses: Review of current researches

Kybernetes

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1561-1576

  Torrealba, Rafael R ^a   Fernandez Lopez G ^a   Grieco, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Intelligent agents; Prosthetic devices

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; PROSTHETICS;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS;

KNEE PROSTHESES;

EID: 54949122202     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920810907869     Document Type: Article

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