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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Lower Limb Prosthesis"”.
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Activity Monitor Accuracy for Lower-Limb Amputees Living in Colombia and Texas
<p>Maintaining physical activity for lower limb prosthesis wearers is important in order to reduce comorbidities and decrease physical function. Activity monitors can provide motivation for the wearer and outcome measurements for the health care professional. Two cohorts of lower extremity amputees …
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Objective measures of performance with implications to inform the iterative design process of prosthetic feet
… Methods for biomechanical analysis of lower limb prosthesis struggle to identify meaningful differences between various components, even if a clear preference is exhibited from users. Therefore, the aim of this project is to create a standardized testing protocol to evaluate the …
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Exploring the role of damping in a passive prosthetic knee through modeling, design, and testing
… amputation, one of the main requirements for a lower limb prosthesis is achieving able-bodied kinematics. However, the prostheses available in developing countries, such as India, primarily focus the design on stability and low cost. This study presents a shear-based rotary viscous damper design …
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EMG as a control parameter in lower limb prosthetics : surface vs. implanted electrodes
… to enable efficient and graceful ambulation. A limb amputation results in a partial loss of the complex structure needed for human locomotion. Various prosthetic devices have been created as substitutes, however they have simply been unable to match the human nervous systems ability to move and …
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Realization of a Measuring Device for Recordning the Relative Movement between Residual Limb and Prosthetic Socket
Relative motion between residual limb and prosthetic socket is an indication of poor fit. Both the fabrication and fitting processes are highly subjective and a favorable result depends upon the technician's expertise. Although numerous methods exist to measure the relative motion, all have …
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Optimising the prescription and use of lower limb prosthetic technology: a mixed methods approach
Aim: Lower limb amputation is an increasingly prevalent surgical procedure in the Western world due to the increase of peripheral vascular disease. Not everyone who receives a prosthetic limb will benefit from its use and may abandon this expensive technology, a move which may negatively effect …