Towards the use of a lower limb exoskeleton for locomotion assistance in individuals with neuromuscular locomotor deficits

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1912-1915

  Murray, Spencer ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON SYSTEMS; FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS; FRICTIONAL EFFECTS; GAIT PHASE DETECTION; GAIT PHASIS; LOWER LIMB;

DYNAMICS; WALKING AIDS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880773579     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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