Prototype medical exoskeleton for paraplegic mobility: First experimental results

ASME 2010 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 453-458

  Strausser, Katherine A ^a   Swift, Tim A ^a   Zoss, Adam B ^b   Kazerooni, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley Bionics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY POWERED DEVICES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FOOT SENSORS; GAIT FUNCTIONS; HUMAN WALKING; KNEE JOINT; PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS; SAGITTAL PLANE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING TRAJECTORY;

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EID: 79958230320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2010-4261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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