A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring small two-degree of freedom inter-component motion in a prosthesis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-340

  Twiste, M ^a   Rithalia, S V S ^a   Kenney, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cam; Longitudinal translation; Prosthetics; Transducer; Transverse rotation

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GAIT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; TRANSDUCERS;

INTER-COMPONENT MOTIONS; TRANSVERSE ROTATIONS;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DISABLED PERSON; GAIT; GEOMETRY; JOINT MOBILITY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MOTION; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 2342510380     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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