The dynamic characterisation of ESR prosthetic running feet : an investigation of the key parameters affecting their performance

Prosthetic running feet (referred to as Energy Storing & Returning (ESR) or Running Specific Prostheses (RSP) but better known as ‘blades’) take the form of a carbon fibre leaf spring with a deflecting keel component. Available literature on the subject of their dynamic response is limited but s...

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Main Author: Hawkins, James Richard
Published: Bournemouth University 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.667840