Functional outcome of transfemoral amputees fitted with an osseointegrated fixation: Temporal gait characteristics

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Frossard, Laurent ^a,b   Hagberg, Kerstin ^c   Häggström, Eva ^c   Gow, David Lee ^d   Brånemark, Rickard ^c   Pearcy, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Caul field General Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Gait; Osseointegration; Temporal characteristics; Transfemoral amputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149123433     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e3181ccc53d     Document Type: Article

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