Control strategies for active lower extremity prosthetics and orthotics: a review

Prosthetics and Orthotics: A Review of Literature

Regaining walking ability is one of the most prominent goals in the rehabilitation program following lower-limb amputation. Walking ability in this context relates to a natural, symmetric, sustainable gait. The ability to monitor walking ability and evaluate gait patterns during the fitting and rehabilitation process is fundamental to achieving these goals. Walking function can be assessed qual...

External Power in Upper-Extremity Prosthetics and Orthotics

Whither prosthetics and orthotics?

1 Chairman, Committee on Prosthetics Research and Development, July 1, 1962-June 30, 1965. Upon completion of his term as Chairman of CPRD, Dr. Aitken will continue to serve as a member of CPRD. The publicity concerning scientific and technical advances keeps us constantly aware of man's increasing competence to master his environment. The technologies available make possible a wide variety of ...

The Journal of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Data on mortality for the ten years following lower limb amputation were obtained from all the 16 surgical units in Southern Finland and the National Social Insurance Institution. In Southern Finland during the period 1984-1985, amputations of the lower limb were performed on 705 patients, of whom 382 (54%) were women and 323 (46%) men. The majority of the amputations, 47%, were performed for v...

The VA-Cyberware lower limb prosthetics-orthotics optical laser digitizer.

Characterization of the residual limbs and limb segments of patients for prosthesis and orthosis design has principally been a subjective process, highly dependent upon the skill, level of training, and experience of the prosthetist/orthotist involved. Even with the application of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies in prosthetics and orthotics, resid...