Use of a load cell and force-moment analysis to examine transtibial prosthesis foot rollover kinetics for anterior-posterior alignment perturbations

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 160-174

  Neumann, Edward S ^a   Brink, Justin ^b   Yalamanchili, Kartheek ^c   Lee, Joon S ^d  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^b American Bio Engineers   (United States)

^c Detroit Engineered Products   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment perturbation; force moment analysis; load cell; prosthetic foot rollover; transtibial amputees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866952816     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0b013e31826f66f0     Document Type: Article

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