Design, construction, and evaluation of “sensor lock”: an electromechanical stance control knee joint
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DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2017.1306591
Abstract: Abstract Background and aim: Most currently-available stance control knee ankle foot orthoses (SCKAFOs) still need full knee extension to lock the knee joint, and they are still noisy, bulky, and heavy. Therefore, the aim of… read more here.
Keywords: stance control; knee joint; stance; knee ... See more keywords
Design of a Semipowered Stance-Control Swing-Assist Transfemoral Prosthesis
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DOI: 10.1109/tmech.2019.2952084
Abstract: This article describes the design of a new type of knee prosthesis called a stance-control swing-assist (SCSA) knee prosthesis. The device is motivated by the recognition that energetically passive stance-controlled microprocessor-controlled knees (SCMPKs) offer many… read more here.
Keywords: control swing; swing assist; stance; prosthesis ... See more keywords