Effects of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis on kinetic loading of the unaffected leg during level-ground walking

Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics

Amputee	Age	Height	Mass	Leg length	Years since amputation	Prosthesis
	(yrs)	(m)	(kg)	(m)
1	37	1.89	90.0	1.02	17	Ossur Flex-Foot
						VSP
2	45	1.74	92.7	0.93	19	College Park
						Venture
3	50	1.74	90.7	0.92	39	Freedom Innov. Renegade
4	50	1.80	106.7	0.98	31	Ossur Flex-Foot
						Re-Flex VSP
5	39	1.94	111.0	1.02	20	Ossur Flex-Foot
						Vari-Flex EVO
6	42	1.82	112.7	1.00	20	Otto Bock
						Axtion
7	51	1.73	92.6	0.95	2	Ohio Willow Wood Limb Logic
Amputee	45 (6)	1.81 (0.08)	99.5 (10.2)	0.97 (0.04)	21.1 (11.6)
Avg. (S.D.)
Control	48 (7)	1.86 (0.06)	97.7 (11.9)	1.02 (0.03)
Avg. (S.D.)

All subjects with an amputation were at a K3 level of ambulation, had an amputation due to trauma, and were male. Non-amputee subjects (Control) were age-, sex-, height-, and weight-matched.

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