A study on a waist power assist suit for a caregiver to prevent lower back pain

International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1455-1458

  Ikeya, Yoshitoshi ^a   Nakakuki, Takashi ^b  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mechanism design; power assist suit; signal processing; surface EMG

Indexed keywords

LOWER BACK PAIN; MECHANISM DESIGN; MOTION RECOGNITION; MOTOR-DRIVEN MECHANISM; POWER ASSIST; SENSING SYSTEMS; SURFACE EMG; TWO-MOTOR;

DC MOTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTION ESTIMATION; SENSORS; TORQUE MOTORS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84893608421     PISSN: 15987833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAS.2013.6704115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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