Obstacle crossing in lower limb amputees

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-594

  Vrieling, A H ^a   van Keeken, H G ^b   Schoppen, T ^a   Otten, E ^b   Halbertsma, J P K ^a   Hof, A L ^a,b   Postema, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputees; Equilibrium; Gait; Obstacle avoidance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPUTEES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 34548689843     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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