Power-assistive finger exoskeleton with a palmar opening at the fingerpad

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2688-2697

  Heo, Pilwon ^a   Kim, Jung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Finger exoskeleton; grip force assistance; grip force estimation; open fingerpad

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; FINGER EXOSKELETON; GRIP FORCE; OPEN FINGERPAD; PNEUMATIC CYLINDERS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; TACTILE SENSATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND EXOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OPEN FINGERPAD EXOSKELETON; PINCH STRENGTH; PRECISION GRIP; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STROKE PATIENT; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER; HAND STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908112465     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2325948     Document Type: Article

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