A pneumatic power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis to prevent foot-drop

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chin, Robin ^a   Hsiao Wecksler, Elizabeth T ^a   Loth, Eric ^b   Kogler, Géza ^c   Manwaring, Scott D ^a   Tyson, Serena N ^a   Shorter, K Alex ^a   Gilmer, Joel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT SOLE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MOTOR CONTROL; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PUMP; STANDING; TOE; TREADMILL; WALKING; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; HIP; KNEE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE;

ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149145564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-6-19     Document Type: Article

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