An innovative design for an assistive arm orthosis for stroke and muscle dystrophy

2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abbruzzese, K ^a   Lee, D ^a   Swedberg, A ^a   Talasan, H ^a   Paliwal, M ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE; CLINICAL STUDY; DYNAMIC FEEDBACK; ELASTIC ELEMENT; FORCE-SENSING RESISTORS; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LINEAR ACTUATOR; MOTOR ABILITIES; ORTHOSES; ORTHOSIS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; REPETITIVE TRAINING; TASK-BASED;

DESIGN; RESTORATION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 79958741440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778534     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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4. Rahman, Tariq. "A Simple Technique to Passively Gravity-Balance Articulated Mechanisms". Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 117, Iss. 4, December, 1995.