Hybrid control of powered orthosis and functional neuromuscular stimulation for restoring gait

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4879-4882

  Obinata, Goro ^a,b   Fukada, Shunro ^b   Matsunaga, Toshiki ^c   Iwami, Takehiro ^c   Shimada, Yoichi ^c   Miyawaki, Kazuto ^d   Hase, Kazunori ^b   Nakayama, Atsushi ^a,e  

^a IEEE

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Akita Research Institute of Advanced Technology   (Japan)

^e ICHINOSEKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION (FNS); HYBRID CONTROL; POWERED ORTHOSIS; RESTORING GAIT;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 57649232838     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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