While it is generally believed that the choice of prosthetic components affects amputee gait, systematically quantifying the effects of prosthetic design on amputee walking is difficult [1]. A simulation model capable of predicting human amputee gait could allow for quantitative, systematic investigations. Existing models of amputee gait are either too complex for a predictive study (e.g. [2]) ...

Intralimb kinetics of the paw-shake response (PSR) were studied in four spinal, adult cats. Using rigid body equations of motion to determine the dynamic interactions between limb segments, knee and ankle joint kinetics were calculated for the steady-state cycles as defined in the preceding paper. Hindlimb motion was filmed (200 frames/s) to obtain knee and ankle kinematics. Responses of flexor...

We report 2 patients with congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia who underwent intramedullary Rush rod transfixation through the ankle joint following refracture and nonunion of vascularised fibular grafting 6 and 8 months earlier. After 9 and 5 years, both Rush rods were broken at the level of the ankle joints, while the reconstructed area was solidly united. The growth of the distal tibia in...

ihis condition is a congenital growth disortier of the tarsus and of the epiphyses. So far as can be ascertained from perusal of the literature it was first described by Mouchet and Belot in 1926 in the case of a small boy, aged eighteen months, whose ankle was affected; they called it larso;n#{233}galie. The disorder is more widespread than these authors appreciated and for that reason the ter...