Performance specification for lower limb orthotic devices

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 711-718

  Johnson, G R ^a   Ferrarin, M ^b   Harrington, M ^c   Hermens, H ^d   Jonkers, I ^e   Mak, P ^a   Stallard, J ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Gait analysis; Inverse dynamic approach; Orthosis; Specification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CLINICAL LABORATORIES; DATA ACQUISITION; GAIT ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSDUCERS;

AMBULATION; LOAD MEASUREMENTS; ORTHOTIC DESIGN;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; EUROPE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; LEG PROSTHESIS; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 3342967778     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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