Hybrid FES-robot cooperative control of ambulatory gait rehabilitation exoskeleton

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Del Ama, Antonio J ^a,b   Gil Agudo, Ángel ^a   Pons, José L ^b   Moreno, Juan C ^b  

^a National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYBRID; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PARAPLEGIA; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; ROBOTICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84899544348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-27     Document Type: Article

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