Biomechanical responses of young adults with unilateral transfemoral amputation using two types of mechanical stance control prosthetic knee joints.
Jan AndrysekDaniela GarcíaClaudio RozbaczyloCarlos Alvarez-MitchellRebeca ValdebenitoKarin RotterF Virginia WrightPublished in: Prosthetics and orthotics international (2020)
Understanding the influence of knee function on gait biomechanics is important in selecting and improving treatments and outcomes for individuals with lower-limb amputations. Weight-activated knee joints may result in undesired gait deviations associated with stability in early stance-phase, and swing-phase initiation in the late stance-phase of gait.
Keyphrases
- lower limb
- total knee arthroplasty
- young adults
- knee osteoarthritis
- anterior cruciate ligament
- cerebral palsy
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- body mass index
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- physical activity
- weight loss
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- type diabetes
- aortic valve
- body weight