Preliminary Evidence for Effectiveness of a Stance Control Orthosis

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-13

  McMillan, Amy Gross ^a   Kendrick, Kevin ^a   Michael, John W ^b,c   Aronson, James ^d,e   Horton, Gary W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b CPO Services Inc   (United States)

^c Horton's Technology Inc   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee ankle foot orthosis; Lower limb orthosis; Lower limb paralysis; Lower limb paresis; Stance control orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORTHOSIS; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PELVIS; STANDING; TRUNK; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 1342281246     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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