Passive ankle-foot prosthesis prototype with extended push-off

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brackx, Branko ^a   Van Damme, Michaël ^a   Matthys, Arnout ^a   Vanderborght, Bram ^a   Lefeber, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ankle Push Off; Ankle Foot; Below Knee Prosthesis; Human Gait; Passive Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE-FOOT; BELOW-KNEE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN GAIT; LOCKING MECHANISM; PLANETARY GEARBOXES; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; PUSH OFFS; WALKING PATTERN;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 84876909719     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/55170     Document Type: Article

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