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Title: Effect of Assistance Timing in Knee Extensor Muscle Activation During Sit-to-Stand Using a Bilateral Robotic Knee Exoskeleton
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Award ID(s):
1830215
Publication Date:
NSF-PAR ID:
10338881
Journal Name:
2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Page Range or eLocation-ID:
4879 to 4882
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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