Integrated measurement system for amputee gait analysis: A pilot study

This paper presents a new direct measurement system which enable an amputee gait assessment independent of location, not restricted in ground conditions or tasks. As an adapter it is implemented in the structure of the lower limb prosthesis to measure load and motions in six degrees of freedom. A pilot study of typical tasks for gait analysis applying the integrated measurement system is shown. The resulting measured parameter of the system demonstrates reasonable data compared to reference data of able-bodied humans.

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