Feedback control of arm movements using Neuro-Muscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) combined with a lockable, passive exoskeleton for gravity compensation

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Klauer, Christian ^a   Schauer, Thomas ^a   Reichenfelser, Werner ^b   Karner, Jakob ^b   Zwicker, Sven ^c   Gandolla, Marta ^d   Ambrosini, Emilia ^d   Ferrante, Simona ^d   Hack, Marco ^e   Jedlitschka, Andreas ^e   Duschau Wicke, Alexander ^c   Gföhler, Margit ^b   Pedrocchi, Alessandra ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c HOCOMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Exoskeleton; Eye tracking; Feedback control; Neuro muscular electrical stimulation; Neuroprosthetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARM EXOSKELETON; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CAMERA; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; KINEMATICS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84907922631     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00262     Document Type: Article

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