Amputee Independent Prosthesis Properties-A new model for description and measurement

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2572-2575

  Major, Matthew J ^a,b   Twiste, Martin ^b   Kenney, Laurence P J ^b   Howard, David ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputee; Mechanical properties; Prosthesis; Trans tibial

Indexed keywords

AMPUTEE; FUTURE DESIGNS; GENERIC INFORMATION; IN-VIVO; LUMPED PARAMETER; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; NEW MODEL; NORMAL STIFFNESS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS; SHANK ANGLE; SHEAR STIFFNESS; STANCE PHASE; TRANS-TIBIAL;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; STIFFNESS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

AMPUTEE INDEPENDENT PROSTHESIS PROPERTIES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMPING; GAIT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC FOOT GEOMETRY; PYLON ANGLE; SHANK ANGLE; SHEAR STIFFNESS; TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIBIA;

EID: 80052425106     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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