Finger impedance evaluation by means of hand exoskeleton

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2945-2954

  Fiorilla, Angelo Emanuele ^a   Nori, Francesco ^a   Masia, Lorenzo ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dexterous manipulation; Grasp modeling; Hand exoskeleton; Impedance

Indexed keywords

DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FINGER MUSCLES; FINGER POSTURE; GRASP MODELING; HAND EXOSKELETON; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN ARM; HUMAN FINGERS; IMPEDANCE MODULATION; INTERACTION FORCES; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; MANIPULATION TASK; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCES; MECHANICAL REFINEMENT; NEURAL CONTROL; PILOT STUDIES; RESEARCH TOPICS; STRETCH REFLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 80755163524     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0381-7     Document Type: Article

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