Energy expenditure of trans-tibial amputees during ambulation at self-selected pace
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Energy expenditure of trans-tibial amputees during ambulation at self-selected pace.
The purpose of this investigation was two-fold: 1) to compare the metabolic cost (VO2), heart rate (HR), and self-selected speed of ambulation of trans-tibial amputees (TTAs) with those of non-amputee subjects; and 2) to determine whether a correlation exists between either stump length or prosthesis mass and the energy cost of ambulation at the self-selected ambulation pace of TTAs. Subjects w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prosthetics & Orthotics International
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0309-3646
DOI: 10.3109/03093649409164389