A pneumatically powered below-knee prosthesis: Design specifications and first experiments with an amputee

Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 372-377

  Versluys, Rino ^a   Desomer, Anja ^a   Lenaerts, Gerlinde ^b   Van Damme, Michael ^a   Beyl, Pieter ^a   Van Der Perre, Georges ^b   Peeraer, Louis ^b   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amputee; Gait; Pneumatic muscles; Power generation; Prosthesis; Prototype

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MOTION CONTROL; MUSCLE; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; ROBOTICS;

AMPUTEE; GAIT; PNEUMATIC MUSCLES; PROSTHESIS; PROTOTYPE;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 63049125878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2008.4762842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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