Powered AFO for Achilles tendon rupture

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4250-4253

  Yoshizawa, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; STAIRS;

ACHILLES TENDONS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS (AFO); ANKLE JOINTS; ORTHOSIS;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HUMAN; INJURY; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE; RUPTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 61849117999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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