Stair ascent with an innovative microprocessor-controlled exoprosthetic knee joint

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 435-444

  Bellmann, Malte ^a   Schmalz, Thomas ^a   Ludwigs, Eva ^a   Blumentritt, Siegmar ^a  

^a Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

above knee amputee; prosthesis; rehabilitation; stairs

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTEE; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; GAIT MEASUREMENTS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROSTHETIC DESIGN; PROSTHETIC KNEE JOINT; SWITCHING ALGORITHMS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; STAIRS;

KNEE PROSTHESES;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LIMB PROSTHESIS; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; ORTHOSIS; POWER SUPPLY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84876583742     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2011-0029     Document Type: Article

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