A novel electromechanical shoulder articulation for upper-limb prostheses: From the design to the first clinical application

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Troncossi, Marco ^a   Gruppioni, Emanuele ^b   Chiossi, Marco ^a,b   Cutti, Andrea Giovanni ^b   Davalli, Angelo ^b   Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAIL Prostheses Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputation; Myoelectric control; Prosthesis; Shoulder; Socket body pressures; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349330397     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e31819f6aed     Document Type: Article

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