Abstract
The paper reports on an intervention crossover study with repeated measures with two different prosthetic knees during two weeks adaptation period over the ground walking. The heel linear velocities of a transfemoral amputee (TFA) was measured to evaluate possible gait deficiency during heel-contact (HC). The result showed that during late swing phase just before the HC, amputee must have advanced preparation of the residual limb to adjust heel velocity for placement. The knee and the hip kinematics for reduction of the heel velocities during HC is paramount. The Knee flexion in late swing is essential to avoid impact during HC. Such mechanism does not exist in current prosthetic knees, therefore, heavy damping is necessary on the foot-heel to avoid impact.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Converging clinical and engineering research on neurorehabilitation |
| Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain |
| Editors | Jaime Ibáñez, José González-Vargas, José María Azorín, Metin Akay, José Luis Pons |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 279-283 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | II |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319466699 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319466682 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | International Conference on Neurorehabilitation, 2016 - Segovia, Spain Duration: 18 Oct 2016 → 21 Oct 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Biosystems & Biorobotics (BioSysRob) |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 15 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2195-3562 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2195-3570 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Neurorehabilitation, 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | INCR |
| Country | Spain |
| City | Segovia |
| Period | 18/10/16 → 21/10/16 |
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Abouhossein, A., Awad, M. I., Crisp, C., Dehghani-Sanij, A. A., Messenger, N., Stewart, T. D., ... Bradley, D. A. (2017). Gait abnormalities of above knee amputees during late swing phase, is it a design deficiency or compensatory strategy? In J. Ibáñez, J. González-Vargas, J. M. Azorín, M. Akay, & J. L. Pons (Eds.), Converging clinical and engineering research on neurorehabilitation: proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain (Vol. II, pp. 279-283). ( Biosystems & Biorobotics (BioSysRob); Vol. 15). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_48