Novel swing-assist un-motorized exoskeletons for gait training

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mankala, Kalyan K ^a   Banala, Sai K ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; GAIT; HIP; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 68249113687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-6-24     Document Type: Article

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