Design and preliminary verification of a novel powered ankle-foot prosthesis: From the perspective of lower-limb biomechanics compared with ESAR foot

• Main Authors: Liu, Jingjing, Liu, Jingang, Cheah, Pei Yi, Al Kouzbary, Mouaz, Al Kouzbary, Hamza, Yao, Selina X., Shasmin, Hanie Nadia, Arifin, Nooranida, Razak, Nasrul Anuar Abd, Abu Osman, Noor Azuan
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2024
• Subjects: GV Recreation Leisure; R Medicine; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45154/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303397

A novel powered ankle-foot prosthesis is designed. The effect of wearing the novel prosthesis and an energy-storage-and-return (ESAR) foot on lower-limb biomechanics is investigated to preliminarily evaluate the design. With necessary auxiliary materials, a non-amputated subject (a rookie at using p...