Volume 39 Number 1, January/February 2001

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Cover JRRD 2002 About the Art

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Masthead	Guidelines for Contributors	Clinical Relevance for the Veteran
Search RR&D Publications	Guest Editorial: Rehabilitation for the 21st century Michael Weinrich MD and Mary E. Stuart ScD	Previous Issues of JRR&D	Guest Editorial: Restoration of function P. Hunter Peckham, PhD

Scientific/Technical Articles

1 Significance of non-level walking on transtibial prosthesis fitting with particular reference to the effects of anterior-posterior alignment

S.W. Sin, MPhil; Daniel H.K. Chow, PhD; Jack C.Y. Cheng, MD

7 Effect of endurance training program based on anaerobic threshold (AT) for lower limb amputees

T. Chin, MD; S. Sawamura, MD; H. Fujita; S. Nakajima, MD; I. Ojima, RPT; H. Oyabu, RPT; Y. Nagakura, RPT; H. Otsuka, PO; A. Nakagawa, Engineer

13 Testing the validity of erythema detection algorithms

Brian Riordan, MEBME; Stephen Sprigle, PhD, PT; Maureen Linden, MSBME

23 The design of a compliant composite crutch

Dorota Shortell, MSME; Jeff Kucer, MSME; W. Lawrence Neeley, BSME; Maurice LeBlanc, MSME, CP

33 Physical capacity and race performance of handcycle users

Thomas W.J. Janssen, PhD, FACSM; Annet J. Dallmeijer, PhD; Lucas H.V. van der Woude, PhD

41 Dynamic calibration of a wheelchair dynamometer

Carmen P. DiGiovine, MS; Rory A. Cooper, PhD; Michael A. Boninger, MD

57 A comparison of methods to compute the point of force application in handrim wheelchair propulsion: A technical note

Michelle B. Sabick; Kristin D. Zhao; Kai-Nan An, PhD

69 The effect of treadmill training on the ambulation of stroke survivors in the early stages of rehabilitation

Yocheved Laufer, DSc, PT; Ruth Dickstein, DSc, PT; Yael Chefez, BA, PT; Emanuel Marcovitz, MD

79 Development of an exercise expert system for older adults

Lisa Wynn Boyette, MEd; Adrienne Lloyd, MEd; Stephanie Manuel, MS; James Edward Boyette, MSICS; Katharina V. Echt, PhD

93 The spasticity evaluation test (SeT): A pilot study

Sandro S. Marchese, PhD; Paolo Di Bella, MD; Edoardo Sessa, MD; Stefano Donato, DE; Placido Bramanti, Prof

101 Meeting the intent of ADA in sidewalk cross-slope design

Kara Kockelman, MCP, BS, MS, PhD CE; Yong Zhao, MS CE; Chessie Blanchard-Zimmerman, MCP

111 Noise reduction in hearing aids: An overview

Harry Levitt, PhD

123 SLO radient power and brightness

Rolf W. Nygaard, PhD and Ronald A. Schuchard, PhD

123 SLO power calibration

Rolf W. Nygaard, PhD and Ronald A. Schuchard, PhD

135 Reduced push forces accompany device use during sliding transfers of seated subjects

Peter Grevelding, MSPT and Richard W. Bohannon, EdD, PT, NCS

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Author and Title Index for JRRD Volume 38, Numbers 1–6, 2001