An intrinsically compliant robotic orthosis for treadmill training

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1448-1453

  Hussain, Shahid ^a   Xie, Sheng Quan ^a   Jamwal, Prashant K ^a   Parsons, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compliance; Gait rehabilitation; Pneumatic muscle actuators; Robotic orthosis; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; GAIT REHABILITATION; PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS; ROBOTIC ORTHOSIS; TREADMILL TRAINING;

PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

ROBOTICS;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; ROBOT ASSISTED TREADMILL TRAINING; ROBOTIC ORTHOSIS; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; TRUNK;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; GAIT; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84869488270     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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