Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 684-694 , November 2000

Effects of changes in cadence, prosthetic componentry, and time on interface pressures and shear stresses of three trans-tibial amputees

Received 10 August 1999 ,Accepted 19 April 2000.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 684-694 , November 2000