Preliminary evaluations of a self-contained anthropomorphic transfemoral prosthesis

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-676

  Sup, Frank ^a   Varol, Huseyin Atakan ^a   Mitchell, Jason ^a   Withrow, Thomas J ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechatronics; Gait analysis; Impedance control; Mechanical system design; Powered prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; BIOMECHATRONICS; FINITE-STATE; FUNCTIONAL GAIT; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; POWER DATA; TRANSFEMORAL PROSTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHATRONICS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 70450228548     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2032688     Document Type: Article

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