Centre of pressure displacements in trans-femoral amputees during gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Schmid, M ^a   Beltrami, G ^b   Zambarbieri, D ^b   Verni, G ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INAIL Prostheses Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputee gait; Centre of pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; LIMB PROSTHESIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 21744435442     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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