Measurement of passive ankle stiffness in subjects with chronic hemiparesis using a novel ankle robot

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2132-2149

  Roy, Anindo ^a,b,c   Krebs, Hermano I ^a,b   Bever, Christopher T ^b,c   Forrester, Larry W ^b,c   Macko, Richard F ^b,c   Hogan, Neville ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle impedance; Anklebot; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEMIPARESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PASSIVE ANKLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956287117     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01014.2010     Document Type: Article

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