Spinal, pelvic, and hip movement asymmetries in people with lower-limb amputation: Systematic review

H Devan, A Carman, P Hendrick, L Hale… - Journal of …, 2015 - go.gale.com
Following amputation, people with transfemoral amputation (TFA) and transtibial amputation
(TTA) adapt with asymmetrical movements in the spinal and lower-limb joints. The aim of this …

Walking and balance in children and adolescents with lower-limb amputation: A review of literature

A Eshraghi, Z Safaeepour, MD Geil, J Andrysek - Clinical biomechanics, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Children with lower limb loss face gait and balance limitations. Prosthetic
rehabilitation is thus aimed at improving functional capacity and mobility throughout the …

Improving finite state impedance control of active-transfemoral prosthesis using dempster-shafer based state transition rules

M Liu, F Zhang, P Datseris, H Huang - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic …, 2014 - Springer
Finite state impedance (FSI) control is a widely used approach to control active-transfemoral
prostheses (ATP). Current design of state transition rules depends on hard thresholding of …

Asymmetrical movements of the lumbopelvic region: is this a potential mechanism for low back pain in people with lower limb amputation?

H Devan, P Hendrick, DC Ribeiro, LA Hale… - Medical hypotheses, 2014 - Elsevier
Low back pain (LBP) is a major secondary disabling condition following lower limb
amputation including persons with above-knee and below-knee amputation. Whilst the …

Knee and hip internal moments and upper-body kinematics in the frontal plane in unilateral transtibial amputees

FM Rueda, IMA Diego, AM Sánchez, MC Tejada… - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to quantify the motor adaptations in the frontal plane
made by unilateral transtibial amputees (UTAs), with special regard to:(1) …

Amputee rehabilitation and preprosthetic care.

J Klarich, I Brueckner - … medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North …, 2014 - europepmc.org
This article reviews occupational therapy treatment and physical therapy treatment during
preprosthetic training for upper and lower extremity amputees. Review of preoperative …

Brain functional connectivity plasticity within and beyond the sensorimotor network in lower-limb amputees

J Zhang, Y Zhang, L Wang, L Sang, L Li, P Li… - Frontiers in human …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cerebral neuroplasticity after amputation has been elucidated by functional neuroimaging.
However, little is known concerning how brain network-level functional reorganization of the …

Evaluating the reliability and validity of phonetic information test in normal 3-6 year-old children of Isfahan city

L Ghasisin, T Ahmadi, F Mostajeran… - Journal of Research in …, 2013 - jrrs.mui.ac.ir
Introduction: Speech sound disorder is one of the most prevalent developmental
communication disorders affecting approximately 8.7 percent of school-age children …

Timing and activation intensity of shoulder muscles during handball penalty throwing in subjects with and without shoulder impingement

Z Zonnor, N Farahpour… - Journal of Research in …, 2017 - jrrs.mui.ac.ir
Introduction: Shoulder injuries are common among athletes in sports that involve overhead
throwing of the ball such as handball. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the timing …

Feasible muscle activation ranges based on inverse dynamics analyses of human walking

CS Simpson, MH Sohn, JL Allen, LH Ting - Journal of biomechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Although it is possible to produce the same movement using an infinite number of different
muscle activation patterns owing to musculoskeletal redundancy, the degree to which …