Experimental studies on the human gait using a tethered pelvic assist device (T-PAD)

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vashista, Vineet ^a   Mustafa, S K ^a   Agrawal, Sunil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Gait; Passive Assistive Device; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; ASSIST DEVICE; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; CONTROL CAPABILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIXED FRAMES; HUMAN GAIT; MIXED EFFECTS; PASSIVE DEVICES; PELVIC MOTIONS; PELVIS; RANGE-OF-MOTION; SUPPORT DEVICES;

ELASTICITY; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; ROBOTICS;

TETHERLINES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GAIT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SELF HELP;

ADULT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055029430     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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