Concept and design of the HEKTA (Harvest Energy from the Knee and Transfer it to the Ankle) transfemoral prosthesis

Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 550-555

  Arnout, Matthys ^a   Pierre, Cherelle ^a   Michael, Van Damme ^a   Bram, Vanderborght ^a   Dirk, Lefeber ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIT PATTERN; KNEE FLEXIONS; STANCE PHASE; SWING PHASE; TRANSFEMORAL PROSTHESIS;

HARVESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS;

KNEE PROSTHESES;

EID: 84867411200     PISSN: 21551774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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