Preliminary kinematic evaluation of a new stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1081-1089

  Yakimovich, Terris ^a,b   Lemaire, Edward D ^a,b   Kofman, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Gait; KAFO; Knee ankle foot orthosis; Orthotic devices; Stance control

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; MUSCLE; ORTHOTICS;

KINEMATIC GAIT ANALYSIS; KNEE FLEXION; KNEE MOTION; ORTHOSIS; STANCE CONTROL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANCE CONTROL KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; STANDING; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750617910     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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