Upper extremity exoskeleton apparatus.
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Designed for testing and exercising both a realistic complex multijoint motion of the whole arm and a simple joint monoplanar movement for both isometric isometric /iso·met·ric/ (-met´rik) maintaining, or pertaining to, the same measure of length; of equal dimensions.
i·so·met·ric
adj.
1. and isotonic isotonic /iso·ton·ic/ (-ton´ik)
1. denoting a solution in which body cells can be bathed without net flow of water across the semipermeable cell membrane.
2. muscular contractions, this apparatus provides biomechanical Biomechanical may refer to: - Bioengineering
- Biomaterial
- Biomechanical (band)
- Biomechanics
- Biomechanoid
- Biorobotics
- Bioship
- Cyborg
- Organic (model)
measurements and exercise loading for each anatomical motion direction in every joint simultaneously and independently.
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