Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 181-184 , June 2010

Effective rocker shapes used by able-bodied persons for walking and fore-aft swaying: Implications for design of ankle–foot prostheses

  • Andrew H. Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 1 Veterans Drive (151), Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. Tel.: +1 612 467 2910; fax: +1 612 725 2093.
    • ,
  • Charles C. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Evanston, IL, USA

Received 19 November 2009 ,Revised 9 April 2010 ,Accepted 15 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.014

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 181-184 , June 2010

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