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Yves Losier
Back to facultyTeaching ProfessorMechanical Engineering DepartmentUniversity of New Brunswick
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Latest papers
Evaluation of shoulder complex motion-based input strategies for endpoint prosthetic-limb control using dual-task paradigm.
Journal of rehabilitation research and development · 2011 · first author
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Evaluation of shoulder complex motion-based input strategies for endpoint prosthetic-limb control using dual-task paradigm.
Losier Y, Englehart K, Hudgins B
Journal of rehabilitation research and development201128 citationsFirst author
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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Control Systems of Powered Prostheses
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