Towards design of a stumble detection system for artificial legs

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 567-577

  Zhang, Fan ^a   D'andrea, Susan E ^b,c   Nunnery, Michael J ^d   Kay, Steven M ^a   Huang, He ^a  

^a The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nunnery Orthotics and Prosthetics Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; electromyographic (EMG); lower limb amputees; prosthetics; stumble

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LEGS; DATA SOURCE; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; DETECTION SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNAL; FALSE ALARM RATE; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTEES; PROSTHETIC LEG; REAL APPLICATIONS; RESIDUAL LIMB; STUMBLE;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; DESIGN; DETECTORS; ERRORS; TEACHING;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; WALKING;

EID: 80054063541     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2011.2161888     Document Type: Article

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