A bio-robotic leg orthosis for rehabilitation and mobility enhancement

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5030-5033

  Horst, Robert W ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FIRMWARE; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROBOTICS;

AUTOMATIC ASSISTANCE; CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTIONS; EMBEDDED FIRMWARES; HIGH-TORQUE ACTUATORS; LIGHTWEIGHT DEVICES; MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT; MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION; PARKINSON'S DISEASE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 77950971068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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