Evaluation of a Viscoelastic Ankle-Foot Prosthesis at Slow and Normal Walking Speeds on an Able-Bodied Subject

Objectives: This paper describes further improvement and preliminarily evaluation of a novel viscoelastic ankle-foot prosthesis prototype. The objective was to control the ankle hysteresis at slow and normal walking speeds. Methods: Inspired by the ankle biomechanics, in which the hysteresis differ...

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Main Authors: Zahra Safaeepour, Ali Esteki, Abdollah Shamloo, Farhad Tabatabai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2015-12-01
Series:Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
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Online Access:http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-360-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1