Novel gait adaptation and neuromotor training results using an active leg exoskeleton

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-225

  Banala, Sai K ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a   Kim, Seok Hun ^b   Scholz, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force field control; Gait rehabilitation; Rehabilitation robotics

Indexed keywords

FIELD CONTROL; FIELD CONTROLLER; GAIT ADAPTATION; GAIT REHABILITATION; GAIT TRAINING; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTERACTION FORCES; LEG EXOSKELETON; NEUROMOTOR; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; ORTHOSIS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SAGITTAL PLANE; STROKE PATIENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SPORTING GOODS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77950594950     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2041245     Document Type: Article

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