Introduction/Objective. The essence of the treatment degenerative knee joint diseases is pain relief, restoring motion range and stability joints. Methods. In this study, 35 patients participated after having surgery joint. had a posterior-stabilized (PS) endoprosthesis in one joint, posterior cruciate ligament retaining (CR) other. Kinematic data was collected using 3D optical system for track...

Objectives: Multiple limb amputations are an uncommon complication from inotrope-induced peripheral gangrene. Case Presentation: A 20-year-old lady with valvular heart disease had septic shock secondary to infective endocarditis and required prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Despite aggressive fluid resuscitation, the patient triple strength intravenous noradrenaline maintain hemodynamic...

Abstract Methods used to assess quiet standing in unilateral prosthesis users often assume validity of an inverted pendulum model despite this being shown as invalid some instances. The aim the current study was evaluate a proposed unilaterally-constrained pin-controller explaining postural control users. Prosthesis were contrasted against theoretical able-bodied controls that stood on platform...

Traditionally, prosthetic leg research has focused on improving mobility for activities of daily living. Artistic expression such as dance, however, is not a common research topic and consequently prosthetic technology for dance has been severely limited for the disabled. This work focuses on investigating the ankle joint kinetics and kinematics during a Latin-American dance to provide unique m...

Van Nes rotationplasty is a reconstructive and salvage procedure of the lower limb. The technique replaces the amputated thigh and knee with an autologus biological 'prosthesis', the patient's own ipsilateral ankle, which is rotated 180 degrees and fixed at the level of the contralateral knee. This procedure was first adapted by Borggreve of Germany in 1930 to treat a knee joint destroyed by tu...

Abstract The biological ankle dorsiflexes several degrees during swing to provide adequate clearance between the foot and ground, but conventional energy storage return (ESR) prosthetic feet remain in their neutral position, increasing risk of toe scuffs tripping. We present a new intended reduce fall by dorsiflexing joint swing, thereby minimum ground. Unlike previous approaches providing dors...

The ability to predict human gait, particularly impaired human gait, has the potential to improve rehabilitation/training outcomes and to reduce prosthesis/orthosis development costs. This work presents a walking model of moderate complexity that accurately captures both sagittal plane joint kinematics and whole body energetics for healthy human walking. The six-link, left-right symmetric model...