Preliminary Evaluation of an Automatically Stance-Phase Controlled Pediatric Prosthetic Knee Joint Using Quantitative Gait Analysis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-470

  Andrysek, Jan ^a   Redekop, Susan ^a   Naumann, Stephen ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputee; Child; Gait; Leg prosthesis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE AMPUTATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTEES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33947731518     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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