Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 380-389 , April 2007

Basic walker-assisted gait characteristics derived from forces and moments exerted on the walker's handles: Results on normal subjects

  • Majd Alwan

      Affiliations

    • Medical Automation Research Center (MARC), P.O. Box 800403, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 434 924 2265.
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  • Alexandre Ledoux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, USA
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  • Glenn Wasson

      Affiliations

    • Computer Science Department, University of Virginia, USA
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  • Pradip Sheth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, USA
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  • Cunjun Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, USA

Received 2 February 2006 ,Revised 10 May 2006 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00122-6

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.06.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 380-389 , April 2007

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