Physical response of SACH feet under laboratory testing.
The results of testing nine different commercially available SACH feet have been reported for purposes of improving testing techniques and standards of durability. Further studies are required to adequately define and correlate the function(s) of artificial feet, as related to levels of amputation and levels of activity, to provide the ultimate in the amputees' comfort and gait.
D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation; D005528:Foot; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013314:Stress, Mechanical