Agonist-antagonist active knee prosthesis: A preliminary study in level-ground walking

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-373

  Martinez Villalpando, Ernesto C ^a   Herr, Hugh ^a,b  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonist antagonist actuation; Biomimetic design; Finite state machine; Gait evaluation; Human walking; Impedance control; Knee mechanics; Knee prosthesis; Rehabilitation; Series elastic actuation

Indexed keywords

AGONIST-ANTAGONIST ACTUATION; BIOMIMETIC DESIGN; FINITE STATE MACHINE; GAIT EVALUATION; HUMAN WALKING; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; KNEE MECHANICS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; REHABILITATION; SERIES-ELASTIC ACTUATION;

BIOMIMETICS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONTOUR FOLLOWERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; WALKING;

EID: 70349289953     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.09.0131     Document Type: Article

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