Temporal symmetries during gait initiation and termination in nondisabled ambulators and in people with unilateral transtibial limb loss

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-182

  Miff, Steve C ^a,b,d   Childress, Dudley S ^a,b,c   Gard, Steven A ^a,b,c   Meier, Margrit R ^a   Hansen, Andrew H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Deceleration; Disabled persons; Gait; Human movement; Initiation; Kinematics; Rehabilitation; Temporal spatial; Termination

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BODY CENTER OF MASS (BCOM); CUTOFF FREQUENCY; GAIT INITIATION; GAIT TERMINATION;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ANKLE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 20444452556     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2004.03.0038     Document Type: Article

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