Successful preliminary walking experiments on a transtibial amputee fitted with a powered prosthesis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of preliminary walking experiments on a transtibial amputee wearing a powered prosthesis. The prosthesis prototype serves as a proof-of-concept implementation for investigating the potential of pleated pneumatic artificial muscles to power a transtibial prosthesis. The device is equipped with pleated pneumatic artificial muscles, and tethered to a laboratory pressure source. The prosthesis is capable of providing the amputee with 100% of the required push-off torque and it can adapt its joint stiffness to the walking speed. This study supports the hypothesis that a powered transtibial prosthesis with adaptable stiffness might be beneficial to the amputee.
Medical subject headings
- Amputees
- Artificial Limbs
- Prosthesis Design
- Tibia
- Walking
Anatomy
- ankle
- tibia