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W Lee Childers1, Géza F Kogler

  • 1Cycling Biomechanics Laboratory, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL;

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
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artificial limbasymmetrybiomechanicscyclinggait analysisjoint kineticskinematicslower-limb amputationprosthesisrehabilitation

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