Design and implementation of a swing phase control system for a prosthetic knee

2008 Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Torki, A A ^a,b   Taher, M F ^b   Ahmed, Abdalla Sayed ^b  

^a CHILDREN S CANCER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Above knee (AK) amputation; Computerized knee; Lower limb prosthesis; Swing phase control

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; PHASE CONTROL; SPEED;

ABOVE KNEE (AK) AMPUTATION; AUTOMATIC MATCHING; AXIS OF ROTATIONS; COMPUTERIZED KNEE; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; FINANCIAL COSTS; GAIT CYCLES; HIP FLEXIONS; LOW COSTS; LOWER LIMB PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL FRICTIONS; SWING CONTROLS; SWING PHASE; SWING PHASE CONTROL; VARIABLE RESISTANCES; WALKING SPEED;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 63649164636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIBEC.2008.4786085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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