Properties of the flexible pressure sensor under laboratory conditions simulating the internal environment of the total surface bearing socket

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-192

  Hachisuka, K ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Ogata, H ^a   Ohmine, S ^a   Shitama, H ^a   Shinkoda, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYSTERESIS; LEG PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; SIMULATION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHT;

EID: 0031672586     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093649809164483     Document Type: Article

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