A review of the gait study of below-knee amputees

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Chu, Danielle D. (Danielle Dai-Yun)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
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Hugh Herr.
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Abstract
Over the past decades, the performance of the below-knee prosthesis has been significantly improved. However, below-knee amputees still experience many problems during locomotion. For example, they normally exhibit non-symmetric gait patterns, slower self-selected walking speeds, and higher gait metabolic rates compared to intact individuals. The objective of this project is to obtain both qualitative and quantitative understanding on the gait of below-knee amputee through literature review and suggest some future research direction for the improvement for current below-knee prosthesis.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-52).
 
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2007
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40413
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Mechanical Engineering.
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