Many of the current implementations of exoskeletons for the lower extremities are conceived to either augment the user's load-carrying capabilities or reduce muscle activation during walking. Comparatively little research has been conducted on enabling an exoskeleton to increase the agility of lower-limb movements. One obstacle in this regard is the inertia of the exoskeleton's mechanism, which...

OBJECTIVES To describe the current set-up, barriers and potential for providing rehabilitation to people with lower limb amputation in skilled nursing centres. DESIGN Survey and interviews. SUBJECTS/PARTICIPANTS Elderly care physicians, physiotherapists. METHODS In 2011, clinicians from 34 skilled nursing centres participated in a semi-structured interview covering rehabilitation and dail...

BACKGROUND Lumbar pathologies may cause the perception of leg pain, but the character of this pain has not been described. Diagnosis is often based on dermatomal charts, but observations reveal that the pain is not typically perceived on the skin. OBJECTIVE To document the incidence of superficial versus deep pain localization among patients with lumbar radicular pain. METHODS Twenty-five p...

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of training drills in replicating the lower extremity coordination patterns used during the triple jump. Three-dimensional kinematic data and synchronized ground reaction force data were collected during the hop-step transition of a triple jump and four related training drills. Relative motion plots and a modified version of the vector co...

Reprint of a conference paper on ultrasound investigation in lymphedema.