K3 promoter™ prosthetic foot reduces the metabolic cost of walking for unilateral transtibial amputees

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-120

  Grabowski, Alena M ^a   Rifkin, Jerome ^b,c   Kram, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c Tensegrity Prosthetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait symmetry; Locomotion; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950210067     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e3181cca79c     Document Type: Article

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