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Influence of Modern Above-Knee Prostheses on the Biomechanics of Gait

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The advent of modern knee prostheses has opened up a new quality in the provision of above-knee amputees. This can be demonstrated by means of kinetic and kinematic measurements. Amputees achieve significantly more security combined with sufficient dynamics.

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Technische Orthopädie und Rehabilitation, Klinische Prüfstelle für Orthopädische Hilfsmittel, Robert-Koch Str. 30, D-48149, Münster, Germany

    J. Wühr, U. Veltmann, L. Linkemeyer, B. Drerup & H. H. Wetz

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  1. Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538, Luebeck, Germany

    Thorsten M. Buzug

  2. Department of Mathematics and Technology, RheinAhrCampus Remagen, Germany

    Dietrich Holz , Jens Bongartz , Matthias Kohl-Bareis  & Ulrich Hartmann , ,  & 

  3. Central Institute for Electronics, Research Centre Juelich, Germany

    Simone Weber

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Wühr, J., Veltmann, U., Linkemeyer, L., Drerup, B., Wetz, H.H. (2007). Influence of Modern Above-Knee Prostheses on the Biomechanics of Gait. In: Buzug, T.M., Holz, D., Bongartz, J., Kohl-Bareis, M., Hartmann, U., Weber, S. (eds) Advances in Medical Engineering. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68764-1_44

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