A novel five degree of freedom user command controller in people with spinal cord injury and non-injured for full upper extremity neuroprostheses, wearable powered orthoses and prosthetics

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-330

  Scott, Timothy R D ^a,b   Vare, Veronica A ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Command control; Disability; Motor control; Spinal cord injury; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

COMMAND CONTROL; DISABILITY; MOTOR CONTROL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); UPPER LIMBS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PATIENT REHABILITATION;

CONTROLLERS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC SOFTWARE; PARALYSIS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; WEAKNESS; YOUNG ADULT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF HELP; TASK PERFORMANCE; SELF HELP DEVICE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PROSTHESES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885677187     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0996-3     Document Type: Article

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