Performance evaluation of a lower limb exoskeleton for stair ascent and descent with Paraplegia

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1908-1911

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODOLOGY; INJURY LEVELS; JOINT TORQUES; KNEE JOINT; LOWER LIMB; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER REQUIREMENT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

STAIRS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TORQUE; WALKING; EVALUATION;

BODY WEIGHT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURE; TORQUE; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880844567     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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