An infant reciprocal walking orthosis: Engineering development

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 599-604

  Stallard, J ^a   Woollam, P J ^a   Miller, K ^a   Farmer, I R ^a   Jones, N ^a   Poiner, R ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body brace; Cyclic testing; Infant; Orthotic hip joint; Parawalker; Reciprocal walking; Stiffness; Strength; Walking efficiency

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOAD TESTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALKING AIDS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; HIP PROSTHESES; ORTHOTICS; RIGID STRUCTURES;

CYCLIC TESTING; RECIPROCAL WALKING;

HIP PROSTHESES; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BODY BRACE; CYCLIC TESTING; HIP JOINTS; INFANT; PARAWALKER; RECIPROCAL WALKING; STRENGTH; WALKING EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP; HUMAN; INFANT; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INFANT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035736397     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411011536208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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