Postural and movement adaptations by individuals with a unilateral below-knee amputation during gait initiation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 158-169

  Tokuno, Craig D ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a   Inglis, J Timothy ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Below knee amputee; Gait initiation; Postural adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 0344256446     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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