Standardized voluntary force measurement in a lower extremity rehabilitation robot

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bolliger, Marc ^a,b   Banz, Raphael ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a   Lünenburger, Lars ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVEN GAIT ORTHOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOSIS; ROBOTICS; WALKING; DYNAMOMETER; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 57249111846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-5-23     Document Type: Article

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