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Table 1 The first 10 top cited articles in the field of lower limb prosthetics

From: 100 top-cited scientific papers in limb prosthetics

Article

No. of citation

Houghton A, Taylor P, Thurlow S, Rootes E, McColl I. Success rates for rehabilitation of vascular amputees: implications for preoperative assessment and amputation level. Brit J Surg. 1992;79:753–5.

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Schmalz T, Blumentritt S, Jarasch R. Energy expenditure and biomechanical characteristics of lower limb amputee gait: The influence of prosthetic alignment and different prosthetic components. Gait posture. 2002;16:255–63.

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McWhinnie D, Gordon A, Collin J, Gray D, Morrison J. Rehabilitation outcome 5 years after 100 lower‒limb amputations. Brit J Surg. 1994;81:1596–9.

67

Legro MW, Reiber G, del Aguila M, Ajax MJ, Boone DA, Larsen JA, et al. Issues of importance reported by persons with lower limb amputations and prostheses. J Rehab Res Dev. 1999;36:155–63.

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Nolan L, Wit A, Dudziñski K, Lees A, Lake M, Wychowañski M. Adjustments in gait symmetry with walking speed in trans-femoral and trans-tibial amputees. Gait Posture. 2003;17:142–51.

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Sanderson DJ, Martin PE. Lower extremity kinematic and kinetic adaptations in unilateral below-knee amputees during walking. Gait Posture. 1997;6:126–36.

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Isakov E, Mizrahi J, Ring H, Susak Z, Hakim N. Standing sway and weight-bearing distribution in people with below-knee amputations. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1992;73:174.

43

Hof AL, van Bockel RM, Schoppen T, Postema K. Control of lateral balance in walking: experimental findings in normal subjects and above-knee amputees. Gait Posture. 2007;25:250–8.

39

Pezzin LE, Dillingham TR, MacKenzie EJ, Ephraim P, Rossbach P. Use and satisfaction with prosthetic limb devices and related services. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004;85:723–9.

39

Sup F, Bohara A, Goldfarb M. Design and control of a powered transfemoral prosthesis. Int J Robot Res. 2008;27:263–73.

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