The efficacy of physiological cost index (PCI) measurement of a subject walking with an Intelligent Prosthesis

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Chin, T ^a   Sawamura, S ^a   Fujita, H ^a   Nakajima, S ^a   Ojima, I ^a   Oyabu, H ^a   Nagakura, Y ^a   Otsuka, H ^a   Nakagawa, A ^a  

^a Hyogo Rehabilitation Centre Center Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT MONITORING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0032950525     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093649909071609     Document Type: Article

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