Kinematic and kinetic analysis of a stepping-in-place task in below-knee amputee children compared to able-bodied children

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Centomo, Hugo ^a   Amarantini, David ^b   Martin, Luc ^c   Prince, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Angular displacement; Below knee amputee; Biomechanics; Children; Moment; Power; Rehabilitation; Stepping in place

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTROL; DEMONSTRATIONS; ERROR COMPENSATION; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; BELOW KNEE AMPUTEE; INVESTIGATION; POWER; STEPPING-IN-PLACE; CHILDREN;

MECHANICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34250767618     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.897005     Document Type: Article

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