Level walking and stair climbing gait in above-knee amputees

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Bae, T S ^a   Choi, K ^b   Mun, M ^a  

^a Korea Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Engineering Center   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Muscle activity; Transfemoral amputees

Indexed keywords

HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LEVEL WALKINGS; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; PELVIC TILTS; STAIR DESCENTS; STAIR-CLIMBING; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TIME DISTANCES; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MEATS; STAIRS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH; WALKING;

EID: 61649112010     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900701404043     Document Type: Article

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