Upslope walking with a powered knee and ankle prosthesis: Initial results with an amputee subject

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Sup, Frank ^a   Varol, Huseyin Atakan ^b   Goldfarb, Michael ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechatronics; controller design; powered prosthesis; sloped walking

Indexed keywords

BIO-MECHATRONICS; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLER DESIGN; DIFFERENT SLOPES; KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS; KNEE FLEXIONS; POWERED PROSTHESIS; SLOPED WALKING; WALKING CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CONTROL THEORY; JOINT PROSTHESES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CONTROLLERS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE; MALE; PROSTHESIS; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

AMPUTEES; ANKLE JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING;

EID: 79951657383     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2087360     Document Type: Article

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