Technologies for powered ankle-foot orthotic systems: Possibilities and challenges

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 337-347

  Shorter, Kenneth Alex ^a,b   Xia, Jicheng ^c   Hsiao Wecksler, Elizabeth T ^a   Durfee, William K ^c   Kogler, Géza F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active assist; ankle foot orthosis (AFO); fluid power; gait

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ASSIST; ACTIVE DEVICES; ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICULATED JOINTS; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; FLUID POWER; GAIT; GAIT ABNORMALITIES; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW NOISE; LOWER LIMB; MOTOR SYSTEMS; ORTHOSES; PASSIVE DEVICES; SEMI-ACTIVE DEVICES;

CONTROL; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84866507204     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2174799     Document Type: Review

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