A biomechanical assessment of hydraulic ankle-foot devices with and without micro-processor control during slope ambulation in trans-femoral amputees

• Xuefei Bai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Technical Aids for Old-Age Disability, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Human Motion Analysis and Rehabilitation Technology of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Beijing, China

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• David Ewins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, Gait Laboratory, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, London, United Kingdom

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• Andrew David Crocombe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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• Wei Xu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: w.xu@surrey.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-7951

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