Publications by authors named "Andrew J Gitter"

Purpose: This study examined the qualitative and quantitative differences between 2 groups of older adults, fallers and nonfallers. We compared walking differences during overground walking to a task of obstacle clearance.

Methods: Forty-eight community dwelling older adults (18 fallers and 30 nonfallers) participated.

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There have been a variety of efforts demonstrating the use of solid freeform fabrication (SFF) for prosthetic socket fabrication though there has been little effort in leveraging the strengths of the technology. SFF encompasses a class of technologies that can create three dimensional objects directly from a geometric database without specific tooling or human intervention. A real strength of SFF is that cost of fabrication is related to the volume of the part, not the part's complexity.

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