A Method for the Autonomous Control of Lower Limb Exoskeletons for Persons With Paraplegia

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL; BASIC MOVEMENTS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL STRUCTURE; LOWER LIMB; ORTHOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICINE;

USER INTERFACES;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITTING; SPINE INJURY; STANDING; WALKING;

EID: 84867304119     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007181     Document Type: Article

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