Prosthetic foot roll-over shapes with implications for alignment of trans-tibial prostheses |
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Authors: | Hansen A H Childress D S Knox E H |
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Institution: | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. |
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Abstract: | Roll-over shape is introduced as a significant characteristic of prosthetic feet. The roll-over shapes of the Flexwalk, Quantum, SACH, and SAFE prosthetic feet were determined using three methods; two involving quasi-static loading and one dynamic loading. The results show that foot roll-over shape properties obtained by quasi-static and by dynamic methods are similar. Relationships between foot roll-over shape and the alignment of trans-tibial prostheses are introduced that suggest ways to align trans-tibial prostheses without walking trials and iterations. The relationships may explain what prosthetists attempt to accomplish when they dynamically align a trans-tibial limb. They also explain why prosthetic feet with different mechanical properties usually necessitate different alignments, and may explain why a number of gait studies of trans-tibial amputees do not show major gait differences when walking is executed on various kinds of prosthetic feet. |
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