Interface pressure and shear stress changes with amputee weight loss: Case studies from two trans-tibial amputee subjects

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-250

  Sanders, J E ^a   Fergason, J R ^b   Zachariah, S G ^a   Jacobsen, A K ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SHEAR STRESS; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036965104     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640208726654     Document Type: Article

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