Loading applied on prosthetic knee of transfemoral amputee: Comparison of inverse dynamics and direct measurements

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 560-562

  Dumas, R ^a,b,c   Cheze, L ^a,b,c   Frossard, L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Lyon University   (France)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct measurements; Ground reaction vector technique; Inverse dynamics; Prosthetic gait; Transfemoral amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRICTION; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE AMPUTATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 70349335356     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.126     Document Type: Article

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