Pressure distribution at the stump/socket interface in transtibial amputees during walking on stairs, slope and non-flat road

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1067-1073

  Dou, Peng ^a   Jia, Xiaohong ^a   Suo, Shuangfu ^a   Wang, Rencheng ^a   Zhang, Ming ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Below knee amputee; Non flat road; Pressure; Prosthetic socket interface; Slope; Stairs

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STAIRS; TENDONS;

BELOW-KNEE AMPUTEE; NON-FLAT ROAD; PROSTHETIC SOCKET INTERFACE; SLOPES;

PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOADING TEST; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOBILIZATION; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLA TENDON BEARING PROSTHESIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750619553     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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