A low-dimensional sagittal-plane forward-dynamic model for asymmetric gait and its application to study the gait of transtibial prosthesis users

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Srinivasan, S ^a   Westervelt, E R ^b   Hansen, A H ^c,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric gait; Forward dynamic modeling; Gait model; Prosthesis mass distribution; Prosthetic alignment; Roll over shape; Transtibial prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; ASYMMETRIC MODELS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISTAL LOCATIONS; FORWARD DYNAMIC; GAIT MODEL; GAIT STUDY; HUMAN GAIT; JOINT POWER; JOINT TORQUES; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; MASS DISTRIBUTION; PROSTHESIS MASS DISTRIBUTION; PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS;

ALIGNMENT;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MODEL; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TORQUE; TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHESIS; WALKING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISABLED PERSON; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; TIBIA;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 65549128782     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3002757     Document Type: Article

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