Design characteristics of pediatric prosthetic knees

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-378

  Andrysek, Jan ^a,c,d,e   Naumann, Stephen ^a,b,e,f,g,h   Cleghorn, William L ^c,i,j  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e Rehab Engineering Department   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Above knee child amputee; Design techniques; Mechanical design; Prosthetic knee joint

Indexed keywords

PROSTHETIC KNEES; SINGLE-AXIS KNEES; STANCE-PHASE CONTROL; TOE CLEARANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PEDIATRICS; PHASE CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; STANDING; THEORY; TOE;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; CHILD; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 10244243659     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.838444     Document Type: Article

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