Robotic lower limb exoskeletons using proportional myoelectric control

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 2119-2124

  Ferris, Daniel P ^a   Lewis, Cara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; MUSCLE RECRUITMENT PATTERNS; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 77950996654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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