The quasi-static response of compliant prosthetic sockets for transtibial amputees using finite element methods

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-121

  Faustini, Mario C ^a   Neptune, Richard R ^a   Crawford, Richard H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputee; Compliance; Design; Finite element analysis; Prosthetic sockets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TENDONS;

AMPUTEE; COMPLIANCE; PATELLAR TENDONS; PROSTHETIC SOCKETS;

PROSTHETICS;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBULA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; WALKING;

AMPUTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 31144446701     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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