The gait initiation process in unilateral lower-limb amputees when stepping up and stepping down to a new level

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-413

  Jones, S F ^a   Twigg, P C ^a   Scally, A J ^a   Buckley, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputee; Centre of mass; Centre of pressure; Gait initiation; Locomotion; Lower limb amputation; Stepping

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GAIT INITIATION; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTEES; MASS VELOCITY; PHASE DURATION;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMUR; FOOT; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MASS; MOTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIA; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 14344253644     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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