Successful preliminary walking experiments on a transtibial amputee fitted with a powered prosthesis

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Versluys, Rino ^a   Lenaerts, Gerlinde ^b   Van Damme, Michaël ^a   Jonkers, Ilse ^b   Desomer, Anja ^a   Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Peeraer, Louis ^b   Van Der Perre, Georges ^b   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amputee; Gait analysis; Powered; Prosthetic design; Prosthetic feet; Rehabilitation; Stiffness; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; PLEATED PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; POWERED TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; RIGIDITY; TIBIA; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 72049105596     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03093640902984587     Document Type: Article

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