Successful preliminary walking experiments on a transtibial amputee fitted with a powered prosthesis

Prosthetics and Orthotics International
Rino VersluysDirk Lefeber

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.

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Jan 28, 2015·Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development·Noah J RosenblattMark D Grabiner
Dec 4, 2014·Scientific Reports·Joshua M Caputo, Steven H Collins
Jan 21, 2017·Biomedical Engineering Online·Martin GrimmerAndré Seyfarth
Feb 18, 2014·Prosthetics and Orthotics International·Zahra SafaeepourMohammad E Mousavai
Nov 8, 2020·Prosthetics and Orthotics International·Phillip M Stevens

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