Validation of a robotic balance system for investigations in the control of human standing balance

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-390

  Luu, Billy L ^a   Huryn, Thomas P ^a   Van Der Loos, H F MacHiel ^a   Croft, Elizabeth A ^a   Blouin, Jean Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance control; load stiffness; robotics; standing

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; BALANCE CONTROL; BALANCE SYSTEMS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN STANDING; INVERTED PENDULUM; LOAD PROPERTY; LOAD STIFFNESS; MECHANICAL LOADS; NEURAL MECHANISMS; PHYSICAL MODEL; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; STANDING; STATIC LOADS; STEWART PLATFORMS;

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; MECHANISMS; MOTION CONTROL; PENDULUMS; ROBOTS; STIFFNESS;

ROBOTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 80051744658     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2011.2140332     Document Type: Article

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