Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 348-355 , May 2006

A prototype rehabilitation device with variable resistance and joint motion control

  • Shufang Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
    • ,
  • Ke-Qian Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
    • ,
  • J.Q. Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 302 831 8686; fax: +1 302 831 3619.
    • ,
  • Katherine Rudolph

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

Received 19 July 2004 ,Revised 7 June 2005 ,Accepted 29 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.06.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 348-355 , May 2006

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