Design and construction of a novel low-cost device to provide feedback on manually applied forces

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Tuttle, Neil ^a   Jacuinde, Guillermo ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Force feedback; Manual therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952944771     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2011.3461     Document Type: Article

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