Individual Leg and Joint Work during Sloped Walking for People with a Transtibial Amputation Using Passive and Powered Prostheses
People with a transtibial amputation using passive-elastic prostheses exhibit reduced prosthetic ankle power and push-off work compared to non-amputees and compensate by increasing their affected leg (AL) hip joint work and unaffected leg (UL) ankle, knee, and hip joint and leg work during level-gro...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2017.00072/full |