Design and implementation of robust controllers for a gait trainer

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 687-696

  Wang, F C ^a   Yu, C H ^b   Chou, T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gait trainer; Model reduction; Robust control; System identification

Indexed keywords

GAIT TRAINER; MODEL REDUCTION; MOTOR-DRIVEN MECHANISM; OPERATING POINTS; REHABILITATION PROCEDURES; ROBUST ALGORITHM; ROBUST CONTROLLERS; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM TRANSFER FUNCTION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBUST CONTROL; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

CONTROLLERS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70349329593     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM609     Document Type: Article

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