Frictional action at lower limb/prosthetic socket interface

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-214

  Zhang, M ^a   Turner Smith, A R ^a   Roberts, V C ^a   Tanner, A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kings Hlthcare Rehab Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interface friction; Lower limb prosthesis; Pressure distribution; Shear stress; Tissue modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAIT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINT PROSTHESES; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN; TISSUE;

GAIT CYCLE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PROSTHETIC SOCKET; STUMP SKIN;

FRICTION;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0030130983     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00038-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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