Control and implementation of a powered lower limb orthosis to aid walking in paraplegic individuals

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Quintero, Hugo A ^a   Farris, Ryan J ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assistive technology; lower limb exoskeleton; paraplegia; powered orthosis; SCI

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; LOWER LIMB; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SCI;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); USER INTERFACES; WALKING AIDS;

ROBOTICS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEG; ORTHOTICS; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 80055040417     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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