A variable impedance knee mechanism for controlled stance flexion during pathological gait

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 822-832

  Bulea, Thomas C ^a   Kobetic, Rudi ^b   To, Curtis S ^c   Audu, Musa L ^a   Schnellenberger, John R ^b   Triolo, Ronald J ^b,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controllable orthosis; functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS); hybrid neuroprosthesis (HNP); locomotion; magnetorheological (MR) fluid

Indexed keywords

BENCH TESTING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DESIGN CONCEPT; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; HIGH LOADINGS; KNEE EXTENSOR; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE MOTION; LARGE TORQUE; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID DAMPER; MECHANISM OPTIMIZATION; NEURO-PROSTHESIS; ORTHOSIS; PASSIVE RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE LEVEL; STAIR DESCENT; STANCE PHASE; VARIABLE IMPEDANCE;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; LOADING; NEUROSURGERY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 84865354014     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2131148     Document Type: Article

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