Walking in an unstable environment: Strategies used by transtibial amputees to prevent falling during gait

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2186-2193

  Hak, Laura ^a   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a   Van Der Wurff, Peter ^b,c   Prins, Maarten R ^a,b   Mert, Agali ^b   Beek, Peter J ^a   Houdijk, Han ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Augmented Motor Learning and Training   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Heliomare Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputees; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; STEP FREQUENCY; STEP LENGTH; STEP WIDTH; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

Λ(S-STEP); AMPUTEES; ANTEROPOSTERIOR; AP; BACKWARD; BASE OF SUPPORT; BOS; BW; CAREN; CENTER OF MASS; COM; COMPUTER ASSISTED REHABILITATION ENVIRONMENT; EXTRAPOLATED CENTER OF MASS; LASI; LDS; LEFT ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; LEFT POSTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; LOCAL DYNAMIC STABILITY; LPSI; MARGINS OF STABILITY; MEDIOLATERAL; ML; MOS; RASI; REHABILITATION; RIGHT ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; RIGHT POSTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; RPSI; SHORT-TERM LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; VE; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; XCOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPUTEES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

EID: 84886720415     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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