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Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

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Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

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Full title

Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

Publisher

England: Royal Society

Journal title

Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2012-02, Vol.279 (1728), p.457-464

Language

English

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England: Royal Society

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Contents

Over time, leg prostheses have improved in design, but have been incapable of actively adapting to different walking velocities in a manner comparable to a biological limb. People with a leg amputation using such commercially available passive-elastic prostheses require significantly more metabolic energy to walk at the same velocities, prefer to w...

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Full title

Bionic ankle–foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201400177743

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201400177743

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ISSN

0962-8452

E-ISSN

1471-2954,1471-2945

DOI

10.1098/rspb.2011.1194

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