An assistive controller for a lower-limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation after stroke, and preliminary assessment thereof

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 4083-4086

  Murray, Spencer A ^a   Ha, Kevin H ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT REHABILITATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; GRAVITY COMPENSATION; JOINT MOVEMENT; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; WALKING SPEED;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

ADULT; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT; PARESIS; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84929485176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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