Interface pressure and gait analysis in different walking speeds and on the below-knee amputees with multiple axis prosthetic foot prosthesis

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Chou, You Li ^a   Shi, Shiutt Sheng ^b   Huang, Gwo Feng ^c   Lin, Ting Sheng ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; STRESSES;

AMPUTATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOT PROSTHESIS; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PRESSURE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0347595766     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237203000316     Document Type: Article

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