Medial gastrocnemius myoelectric control of a robotic ankle exoskeleton

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-37

  Kinnaird, Catherine R ^a   Ferris, Daniel P ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography (EMG); Gait; Locomotion; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

DESIGNING SOFTWARES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG); GAIT; GAIT KINEMATICS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL POWER; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MOTOR LEARNING; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MYOELECTRIC CONTROLS; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; MECHANICS; MOTORS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROBOTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349109193     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2008.2008285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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