Biomechanical analysis of stair ambulation in lower limb amputees

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-278

  Schmalz, Thomas ^a   Blumentritt, Siegmar ^a   Marx, Björn ^b  

^a Otto Bock Health Care ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascending stairs; Biomechanics; Descending stairs; Gait analysis; Lower limb amputees

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTEES; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845973336     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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