Design of knee joint mechanisms and in-socket sensors for transfemoral amputees / Amr Mohammed El-Sayed Ahmed

• Main Author: Amr Mohammed, El-Sayed Ahmed
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5867/4/amr.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5867/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Lower limb prostheses are developed to assist amputees in restoring mobility functions such as walking, sit-to-stand, stair ascent/descent, and ramp climbing. Although the current prostheses are equipped with sensors, actuators, controllers, and mechanical structures, they require improvements to mi...