Biomimetic NMES controller for arm movements supported by a passive exoskeleton

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1888-1891

  Ferrante, S ^a   Ambrosini, E ^a   Ferrigno, G ^a   Pedrocchi, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE; ARM MOVEMENTS; ASSISTIVE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; EMG SIGNAL; EUROPEAN PROJECT; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FEED-FORWARD CONTROLLERS; FEEDBACK CONTROLLER; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MULTI-MODAL; MUSCULAR FATIGUES; NEURO-PROSTHESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; REACHING MOVEMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SCALING FACTORS; SIGNAL VARIANCE; TARGET MOVEMENTS; TARGET POSITION; UPPER LIMBS;

KINEMATICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROSURGERY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETICS;

ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMIMETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARM; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870826715     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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