Gait analysis and energy consumption of below-knee amputees wearing three different prosthetic feet

Gait and Posture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-168

  Huang, Gwo Feng ^a   Chou, You Li ^a   Su, Fong Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Below knee amputees; Energy consumption; Gait analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC FOOT; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOT INJURY; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; WALKING;

EID: 0034307496     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(00)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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