Determination of the loads applied on the anatomy and orthosis during ambulation with a new reciprocal gait orthosis

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Karimi, Mohammad Taghi ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Moment; Orthosis; Spinal cord injury; Strain gauge; Walking

Indexed keywords

MOMENT; ORTHOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRAIN GAUGE; WALKING;

DOSIMETRY; HIP PROSTHESES; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; STRAIN GAGES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOT; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RECIPROCAL GAIT ORTHOSIS; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 81155127565     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005320     Document Type: Article

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