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Al-Turaiki, H. A., Foot Rotary Mechanism for the Modular Below-Knee Prostheses, J. of Prosthetics & Orthotics, Vol. 2, No 2, pp. 119-125, Winter, 1990.

Bach, J., and Alba, A., Management of Chronic Alveolar Hypoventilation by Nasal Ventilation, CHEST, Vol. 97., No. 1, pp. 52-57, Jan. 1990.

Berland, Theodore, Engineering the Human Body: Physicians and Engineers Collaborate to Re-create Lost Human Limbs, Northwestern Perspective, pp. 3-7, Winter 1990.

Chan, R.B., Childress, D.S., On Information Transmission in Human-Machine Systems: Channel Capacity and Optimal Filtering, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 20, No. 5, September/October 1990, pp. 1136-1145.

Chan, R.B., Childress, D.S., On a Unifying Noise-Velocity Relationship and Information Transmission in Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 20, No. 5, September/October 1990, pp. 1125-1135.

Childress, D.S., Heckathorne, C.W., Grahn, E.C., Strysik, J.S., Krick, H.J., Improvement of Body-Powered Upper-Extremity Prosthetic Components: A Modular Electromechanical Lock Actuator--A Positive-Locking Shoulder, Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports , pp. 15-16, 1990.

Heckathorne, C.W., Childress, D., Krick, H., Uellendahl, J., Physiological Control and Body-Powered, Multi-Joint, Locking Arm Prostheses, American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association Almanac, p. 117, January 1990.

Heckathorne, C.W., Krick, H., Uellendahl, J., Wu, Y., Childress, D.S., Achieving Complementary Manipulative Function with Bilateral Hybrid Upper-Limb Prostheses, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 71, No. 10, pp. 773-774, October, 1990.

Strazewski, L., PCs Level Filed for Disabled: TECH Advances Opening Doors, Crain's Chicago Business, pp. T1-T2, June 11, 1990.

Van Vorhis, R.L., Rovick, J.S., Childress, D.S., Anatomically-Based Axis Definition to Facilitate Inter/Intra-Subject Data Set Comparisons Gait Analysis, State of the Art of Measuring Systems and their Importance in Prosthetic and Orthotic Technology, Eds. U. Boenick, M. Nader and C. Mainke, pp. 308-313, Merke Druck and Verlag, Duderstadt, Berlin, Germany, 1990.

Presentations

Childress, D.S., Van Vorhis, R.L., Rovick, J.S., Future Technological Directions in Gait-Analysis Gait Analysis - State of the Art of Measuring Systems and their Importance in Prosthetic and Orthotic Technology, Eds. U. Boenick, M. Nader and C. Mainke, pp. 333-337, Merke Druck and Verlag, Duderstadt, Berlin, Germany, 1990.

Heckathorne, C.W., Manipulation in Unstructured Environments: Extended Physiological Proprioception Position Control, and Arm Prostheses, Proceedings of the 1990 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 39-54, Wilmington, Delaware, June 14-15, 1990.

Heckathorne, C.W., Uellendahl, J., Socket Design for a Prototype E.P.P. Shoulder Disarticulation Prosthesis, Proceedings of the RESNA 13th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 15-20, 1990, pp. 232-233.

Rovick, J.S., A Kinematically Determined Coordinate System for the Knee with Application to the Study of Joint Mechanics and Human Gait Proceedings of the First World Congress of Biomechanics (Abstracts), Vol. 1, p. 93, 1990.

Uellendahl, J., Heckathorne, C.W., Krick, H., Duff, S., Four-Function Hybrid Arm Prosthesis Incorporating an Electric Wrist Rotator and Prototype Electric Prehensor, Proceedings of the RESNA 13th Annual Conference, Washington, DC , June 15-20, 1990, pp. 167-168.

Van Vorhis, R.L., Rovick, J.S., Chan, R.B., Childress, D.S., Statistical Improvements in Accuracy of 3-D Triangulation for Human Motion Studies: Maximum Likelihood Position Estimates From Over-Determinant Light Plane Observations Proceedings of the First World Congress of Biomechanics (Abstracts), Vol. 2, p. 152, 1990.

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