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Design, characterisation and evaluation of a soft robotic sock device on healthy subjects for assisted ankle rehabilitation

Fan-Zhe LowDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5186-4664View further author information
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Jeong Hoon LimDepartment of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore; View further author information
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Chen-Hua YeowDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; ;Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology and Advanced Robotics Center, National University of Singapore, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 26-34 | Received 25 Jan 2017, Accepted 28 Nov 2017, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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