Magnitude and variability of loading on the osseointegrated implant of transfemoral amputees during walking

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 825-833

  Lee, Winson C C ^a   Frossard, Laurent A ^a   Hagberg, Kerstin ^b   Haggstrom, Eva ^b   Gow, David Lee ^c   Gray, Steven ^d   Brånemark, Rickard ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; Osseointegration; Prosthetics; Transducer; Transfemoral amputation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAIT; LEVEL WALKING; LOAD ACTING; LOCAL EXTREMA; MECHANICAL DESIGNS; MECHANICAL FAILURES; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHETICS; REHABILITATION TRAINING; SPECIFIC LOADING; STRAIGHT LINES; TRANSDUCER; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; VARIABILITY;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE REGENERATION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORCE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TRAINING; TRANSDUCER; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 50249188355     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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