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Once-per-step control of ankle-foot prosthesis push-off work reduces effort associated with balance during walking

BACKGROUND: Individuals with below-knee amputation have more difficulty balancing during walking, yet few studies have explored balance enhancement through active prosthesis control. We previously used a dynamical model to show that prosthetic ankle push-off work affects both sagittal and frontal pl...

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Autores principales: Kim, Myunghee, Collins, Steven H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25928176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-015-0027-3