Prototype active AFO with ankle joint brake for achilles tendon ruptures: Friction control using ankle brake

Proceedings - 2010 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1775-1778

  Yoshizawa, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active AFO; Ankle Foot orthosis; Component

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ACTIVE AFO; ANKLE JOINTS; ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS; COMPONENT; FRICTION CONTROL; MECHANICAL BRAKES; TEST RESULTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAKES; FRICTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

TENDONS;

EID: 78650661170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2010.5639889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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