Knee kinetics in trans-tibial amputee gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Powers, Christopher M ^a   Rao, Sreesha ^b   Perry, Jacquelin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Kinetics; Knee; Trans tibial amputee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

EID: 0032142986     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(98)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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