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This article discusses a comparison of ankle kinematic and kinetic data and the energy efficiency of two different prosthetic designs for a 16-year-old girl with bilateral transtibial amputations. Kinematic and kinetic data were obtained by having the patient walk at a normal, self-selected walking speed and wear the old prosthetic. With the new prosthetic design, we noted that the patient displayed significantly greater sagittal plane ankle motion and ankle power, resulting in a higher ratio of energy efficiency. Because the patient has bilateral below-knee amputations, the changes noted cannot be attributed to an uninvolved extremity's compensating for an involved extremity.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 2001214972