Assessment of gait stability, harmony, and symmetry in subjects with lower-limb amputation evaluated by trunk accelerations

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 623-634

  Iosa, Marco ^a   Paradisi, Francesco ^a,b   Brunelli, Stefano ^a   Delussu, Anna Sofia ^a   Pellegrini, Roberto ^c   Zenardi, Daniele ^c   Paolucci, Stefano ^a   Traballesi, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c Officine Ortopediche ITOP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Ambulation; Amputation; Biomechanics; Dynamic balance; Gait; Mobility; Movement analysis; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; CARRIER MOBILITY; KNEE PROSTHESES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS;

ACCELEROMETRY; AMBULATION; AMPUTATION; DYNAMIC BALANCE; GAIT; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

10 M WALKING TEST; ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; ACCELEROMETRY; AMPUTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; THIGH; TRUNK; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; THIGH; TORSO; WALKING;

EID: 84905655148     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.07.0162     Document Type: Article

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