Abstract

RAMIREZ, JUAN FERNANDO; JARAMILLO MUNOZ, EMMANUEL  and  VELEZ, JAIME ANDRÉS. ALGORITHM FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE REACTIVE FORCES DEVELOPED IN THE SOCKET OF TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2012, vol.79, n.173, pp.89-95. ISSN 0012-7353.

Based on a mathematical model of the human gait, a Matlab 2010a algorithm is presented to predict the reaction forces and moments in a particular point along the socket linked to the lower limb of a transfemoral amputee. The model takes the inertia developed due the swing of the limb during the gait into consideration. A validation of the results is made with the data obtained in a gait lab, and the model results are consistent with those obtained in the gait lab.

Keywords : numerical model; transfemoral amputee; dynamic analysis; gait; algorithm.

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