A review of current state-of-the-art control methods for lower-limb powered prostheses

R Gehlhar, M Tucker, AJ Young, AD Ames - Annual reviews in control, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower-limb prostheses aim to restore ambulatory function for individuals with lower-limb
amputations. While the design of lower-limb prostheses is important, this paper focuses on …

Knee joint biomechanics in physiological conditions and how pathologies can affect it: a systematic review

L Zhang, G Liu, B Han, Z Wang, Y Yan… - Applied bionics and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The knee joint, as the main lower limb motor joint, is the most vulnerable and susceptible
joint. The knee injuries considerably impact the normal living ability and mental health of …

A lightweight robotic leg prosthesis replicating the biomechanics of the knee, ankle, and toe joint

M Tran, L Gabert, S Hood, T Lenzi - Science robotics, 2022 - science.org
Robotic leg prostheses promise to improve the mobility and quality of life of millions of
individuals with lower-limb amputations by imitating the biomechanics of the missing …

Clutchable series-elastic actuator: Implications for prosthetic knee design

EJ Rouse, LM Mooney, HM Herr - The International Journal …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Currently, the mobility of above-knee amputees is limited by the lack of available prostheses
that can efficiently replicate biologically accurate movements. In this study, a powered knee …

The VSPA foot: A quasi-passive ankle-foot prosthesis with continuously variable stiffness

MK Shepherd, EJ Rouse - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most commercially available prosthetic feet do not exhibit a biomimetic torque-angle
relationship, and are unable to modulate their mechanics to assist with other mobility tasks …

Estimation of human ankle impedance during the stance phase of walking

EJ Rouse, LJ Hargrove, EJ Perreault… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human joint impedance is the dynamic relationship between the differential change in the
position of a perturbed joint and the corresponding response torque; it is a fundamental …

Summary of human ankle mechanical impedance during walking

H Lee, EJ Rouse, HI Krebs - IEEE journal of translational …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The human ankle joint plays a critical role during walking and understanding the
biomechanical factors that govern ankle behavior and provides fundamental insight into …

Time-varying ankle mechanical impedance during human locomotion

H Lee, N Hogan - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In human locomotion, we continuously modulate joint mechanical impedance of the lower
limb (hip, knee, and ankle) either voluntarily or reflexively to accommodate environmental …

Modeling and simulating the neuromuscular mechanisms regulating ankle and knee joint stiffness during human locomotion

M Sartori, M Maculan, C Pizzolato… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
This work presents an electrophysiologically and dynamically consistent musculoskeletal
model to predict stiffness in the human ankle and knee joints as derived from the joints …

Estimation of quasi-stiffness of the human hip in the stance phase of walking

K Shamaei, GS Sawicki, AM Dollar - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
This work presents a framework for selection of subject-specific quasi-stiffness of hip
orthoses and exoskeletons, and other devices that are intended to emulate the biological …