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The effects of prosthetic foot type and visual alteration on postural steadiness in below-knee amputees

Arifin N 1 , Abu Osman NA , Ali S , Wan Abas WA

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  • 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. anidaum@yahoo.com
Biomed Eng Online, 2014;13(1):23.
PMID: 24597518 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-13-23

Abstract

Achieving independent upright posture has known to be one of the main goals in rehabilitation following lower limb amputation. The purpose of this study was to compare postural steadiness of below knee amputees with visual alterations while wearing three different prosthetic feet.

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