Lower-limb movement assistance through wearable robots: State of the art and challenges

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Mohammed, Samer ^a   Amirat, Yacine ^a   Rifai, Hala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

lower limb exoskeletons; rehabilitation robotics; Wearable robots

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; FOCUS OF ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN ASSISTANCE; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; LOWER-LIMB EXOSKELETONS; REHABILITATION DEVICES; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; REPETITIVE TASK; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENTS; WEARABLE ROBOTS;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84858202201     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/016918611X607356     Document Type: Review

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