Effective rocker shapes used by able-bodied persons for walking and fore-aft swaying: Implications for design of ankle-foot prostheses

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-184

  Hansen, Andrew H ^a,b   Wang, Charles C ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Mobility; Prosthesis; Roll over shape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS; ROLL OVER SHAPE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 77954760730     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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