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Ankle stiff

Known as: ankle stiffness, stiff ankle, ankles stiff 
National Institutes of Health

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2018
2018
Amputee perception of prosthetic ankle stiffness during locomotion
Prosthetic feet are spring-like, and their stiffness critically affects the wearer’s stability, comfort, and energetic cost of… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
A New Actuator With Adjustable Stiffness Based on a Variable Ratio Lever Mechanism
This paper presents the actuator with adjustable stiffness (AwAS-II), an enhanced version of the original realization AwAS. This… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Passive muscle mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy.
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Sickle cell leg ulcers: a frequently disabling complication and a marker of severity
Background  Leg ulcers are a poorly known and underestimated complication of sickle cell disease (SCD), but in our experience… 
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
The passive, human calf muscles in relation to standing: the non‐linear decrease from short range to long range stiffness
During human standing, tonic ankle extensor torque is required to support the centre of mass (CoM) forward of the ankles, and… 
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Neuromechanical adaptation to hopping with an elastic ankle-foot orthosis.
When humans hop or run on different surfaces, they adjust their effective leg stiffness to offset changes in surface stiffness… 
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Feedback-controlled and programmed stretching of the ankle plantarflexors and dorsiflexors in stroke: effects of a 4-week intervention program.
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Paraplegic standing supported by FES-controlled ankle stiffness
The objective of this paper was to investigate whether a paraplegic subject is able to maintain balance during standing by means… 
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Leg stiffness primarily depends on ankle stiffness during human hopping.
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
Ankle stiffness of standing humans in response to imperceptible perturbation: reflex and task‐dependent components.
1. It has been demonstrated that subjects can alter the reflex stiffness of the elbow and wrist in response to imperceptibly slow… 
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