Lower extremity exoskeleton reduces back forces in lifting

Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 2009, DSCC2009

Volumn , Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 961-968

  Wehner, Michael ^a   Rempel, David ^b   Kazerooni, Homayoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; EXOSKELETON DEVICES; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; LOWER EXTREMITY EXOSKELETONS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PASSIVE EXTENSORS; RESTORING MOMENTS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 77953767044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2009-2644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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