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[147] Citation: G. Klute, J. Czerniecki, B. Hannaford,
'Artificial tendons: biomechanical design properties for prosthetic lowerlimbs,'
Proc. 22nd Annual Intl. Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 1972-5, IEEE, Chicago, July 24-28, 2000.
Abstract
This paper reports on the design of an artificial tendon intended for use ina powered, lower limb prosthesis. To specify performance requirements, theproper
ties of mammalian weight bearing tendons are drawn from the literatureand compared with a number of existing tendon models. Based on the data,a mathematical mo
del of an energy storing tendon is proposed and used todesign an artificial tendon that mimics the performance of the human Achillestendon. The proposed tendon
design is a tradeoff betweena weight penalty and desired performance. Experimental results of thispractical design demonstrate desired performance.
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