Enhancement of a prosthetic knee with a microprocessor-controlled gait phase switch reduces falls and improves balance confidence and gait speed in community ambulators with unilateral transfemoral amputation
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DOI: 10.1177/0309364617716207
Abstract: Background: Despite the evidence for improved safety and function of microprocessor stance and swing-controlled prosthetic knees, non-microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees are still standard of care for persons with transfemoral amputations in most countries. Limited feature microprocessor-control… read more here.
Keywords: microprocessor controlled; prosthetic knees; controlled prosthetic; non microprocessor ... See more keywords