Powered ankle-foot prosthesis for the improvement of amputee ambulation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3020-3026

  Au, Samuel K ^a   Herr, Hugh ^b   Weber, Jeff ^b   Martinez Villalpando, Ernesto C ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BONE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MACHINE DESIGN; METABOLISM;

AMPUTEE AMBULATION; ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHESIS; UNIDIRECTIONAL SPRINGS;

AMBULANCES;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOOT; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSIS; PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ANKLE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 57649177379     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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