Powered ankle-foot prosthesis improves walking metabolic economy

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Au, Samuel K ^a   Weber, Jeff ^b,c   Herr, Hugh ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c Meka Robotics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputee gait; Impedance control; Parallel elasticity; Powered prosthesis; Series elasticity; Walking metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELASTICITY; OXYGEN; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

AMPUTEE GAIT; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; PARALLEL ELASTICITY; POWERED PROSTHESIS; SERIES ELASTICITY; WALKING METABOLISM;

METABOLISM;

EID: 60549089552     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.2008747     Document Type: Article

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