A novel prosthetic knee joint with a parallel spring and damping mechanism
Prosthetic knee joint (PKJ) is an important apparatus for trans-femoral amputees to regain walking ability. This study has two objectives: (1) to design a high performance and low-cost passive PKJ and (2) to evaluate the performance of the PKJ. In the proposed PKJ design, a four-bar linkage was empl...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-07-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881416658174 |