Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 223-228 , February 2010

Apparatus for monitoring load bearing rehabilitation exercises of a transfemoral amputee fitted with an osseointegrated fixation: A proof-of-concept study

  • Laurent Frossard

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Centre for Health Innovation and Solutions, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre for Health Innovation and Solutions, The University of Queensland, 4/49 Butterfield Street, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia. Tel.: +61 07 3251 5938; fax: +61 07 3251 5939.
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  • David Lee Gow

      Affiliations

    • Caulfield General Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Kerstin Hagberg

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Orthopaedic Osseointegration, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Australia
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  • Nicola Cairns

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Bill Contoyannis

      Affiliations

    • RehabTech, Monash Rehabilitation Technology Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Steven Gray

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Unit/Osseointegration OPRA Programme, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Richard Brånemark

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Orthopaedic Osseointegration, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Australia
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  • Mark Pearcy

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00645-6

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.010

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 223-228 , February 2010

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