... were discussed by Sup et al. [( 14 )]. Test subject fitted with the prosthesis through an able-body adaptor 10 09 2010 02 06 2011 27 07 2011 27 07 2011 gait analysis muscle pneumatic actuators prosthetics Above-knee lower-extremity prosthetics has...

... size and high performance, the described pneumatic actuator can provide sensory input that is otherwise unavailable during robotic surgery. 04 10 2007 25 08 2008 19 11 2008 haptic interfaces medical robotics pneumatic actuators polymers surgery tactile sensors...

... patient diagnosis pneumatic actuators shape memory effects titanium alloys 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... combinations of compressive and shear loadings to the subject tissues. This device consists of a loading wheel, a force sensor, a pneumatic actuator, a control system and a data acquisition system. In this work, mechanical forces were applied to the lower limbs of rabbits with controllable magnitudes...

... biomechanics muscle pneumatic actuators Recently, the notion of assisted human movement (e.g., via powered exoskeletons or orthoses) has received much attention by way of projects such as that of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ( 1 ). This multimillion dollar US Military...