title: Biomechanical conceptual design of a passive transfemoral prosthesis.
abstract: In this study, we present the conceptual design of a fully-passive transfemoral prosthesis. The proposed design is inspired by the analysis of the musculo-skeletal activity of the healthy human leg. In order to realize an energy efficient device, we introduce three storage elements, which are responsible of the energetic coupling between the knee and the ankle joints. Simulation results show that the power storage of the designed conceptual prosthesis is comparable with the human gait.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands. r.uanl@utwente.nl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carloni
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hekman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stramigioli
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Koopman
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000502:physiology; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D019415:Torque; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology