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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Transfemoral Amputation"”.
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Design of low-cost, fully passive prosthetic knee for persons with transfemoral amputation in India
An estimated 230,000 above-knee amputees are in need of prosthetic devices in India with a majority of them facing severe socio-economic constraints in their daily lives. However, only a few passive prosthetic knee devices in the market have been designed to enable normative gait and to meet the …
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A bone-anchored mechanoneural knee prosthesis to enhance control and embodiment
… this work, I develop a foundational approach to amputation interventions and artificial interfaces applied toward neurorobotic control at the transfemoral level. The first part of this dissertation explores the neurophysiological and neuromechanical outcomes of a revisional transfemoral …
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Achieving Near-Natural Locomotion in Transfemoral Amputees - A Control Theoretic Approach
Amputation of the lower limb is prescribed to address conditions such as trauma, vascular issues, tumors, neuropathy, frostbite, and complications from diabetes. Post-surgery, the individual has to be fitted with a prosthetic limb to regain mobility. While a good-fitting, well-designed prosthetic …