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...

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Main Authors: Huiqun Fu, Xiufeng Zhang, Xitai Wang, Rong Yang, Jian Li, Li Wang, Ning Zhang, Guanglin Li, Tao Liu, Bingfei Fan, Yoshio Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-07-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881416658174