Design and development of a novel balancer with variable difficulty for training and evaluation

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Ang, W T ^a   Tan, U X ^a   Tan, H G ^a   Myo, T ^a   Ng, C K ^b   Koh, K L ^c   Cheam, B S ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b World Trade Centre   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ankle injury; balance trainer; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SINGAPORE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGAPORE; SPORTS MEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 63449119940     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100802302651     Document Type: Article

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