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Theory of Designing the Anthropomorphic Lower Limb Prostheses

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In this chapter, we will show how the model of ballistic gait has been applied to synthesizing a mechanism of the prosthetic ankle and knee joints. Once the desired mechanical output of a prosthetic joint is determined, a routine must be developed for synthesizing some mechanism providing such an output. However, similar outputs can be generated by mechanisms of different types. In our study, we have chosen mechanisms with a higher pair because of their similarity with the structure of joints in an anatomical skeleton. The mechanisms of prosthetic ankle and knee joints were synthesized, and mechanical testing demonstrated to show that the anticipated “moment–angle” dependencies were achieved.

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    with partial support from NIH Grant R44AR43290.

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    Sharon, MA, USA.

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    with partial support from NIH Grant 2R44HD38143.

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Pitkin, M.R. (2010). Theory of Designing the Anthropomorphic Lower Limb Prostheses. In: Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03016-1_4

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