Open AccessForces and moments in knee–ankle–foot orthoses while walking on irregular surfaces
Author(s) -
Jan Andrysek,
Susan Klejman,
John van Kooy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
prosthetics and orthotics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.729
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1746-1553
pISSN - 0309-3646
DOI - 10.1177/0309364613489145
Subject(s) - ankle , physical medicine and rehabilitation , ground reaction force , knee flexion , preferred walking speed , knee joint , exoskeleton , computer science , medicine , physics , kinematics , anatomy , surgery , classical mechanics
Kinetic data provide important information about the mobility performance of individuals with lower limb impairments and their assistive devices; however, there is limited understanding of this in real-life environments.