An Investigation into a Gear-Based Knee Joint Designed for Lower Limb Prosthesis

A gear-based knee joint is designed to improve the performance of mechanical-type above-knee prostheses. The gear set with the help of some bracing, and bracket arrangement, is used to enable the prosthesis to follow the residual limb movement. The motion analysis and finite-element analysis (FEA) o...

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Main Authors: Bhuiyan, M.S.H., Choudhury, I.A., Dahari, M., Nukman, Y., Dawal, S.Z.
Format: Article
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7595642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7595642
http://eprints.um.edu.my/17475/1/BhuiyanMSH_(2017).pdf