The human ankle during walking: Implications for design of biomimetic ankle prostheses

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1467-1474

  Hansen, Andrew H ^a,e   Childress, Dudley S ^a,b,c   Miff, Steve C ^b   Gard, Steven A ^a,b,c   Mesplay, Kent P ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d San Diego Air Pollution Control District   (United States)

^e Room 1441 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Moment; Power; Prosthetic ankle

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; AUGMENTED SYSTEMS; WALKING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HYSTERESIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; WALKING;

EID: 4344701495     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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