Aspects of weight-support mechanisms in rehabilitation robotics

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 392-394

  Stienen, Arno H A ^a,c   Hekman, Edsko E G ^c   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^c   Ellis, Michael D ^a   Dewald, Jules P A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); MEDICAL PHYSICS;

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT; GRAVITATIONAL PULL; REHABILITATION DEVICES; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SUPPORT MECHANISM; SUPPORTING FORCES; TRAINING CONDITIONS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 77950390437     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1_105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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