ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2021
Understanding patient preference in prosthetic ankle stiffness.
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- User preference in the personalized control of an ankle prosthesis: a case study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Preference-based assistance optimization for lifting and lowering with a soft back exosuit.Science advances · 2025Article
- A Clinical Tuning Framework for Continuous Kinematic and Impedance Control of a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2025Article
- Variable-stiffness prosthesis improves biomechanics of walking across speeds compared to a passive device.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Moment Criterion of Anthropomorphicity of Prosthetic Feet as a Potential Predictor of Their Functionality for Transtibial Amputees.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Validation of a modified visual analogue scale to measure user-perceived comfort of a lower-limb exoskeleton.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A Bio-Inspired Arched Foot with Individual Toe Joints and Plantar Fascia.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sensitivity of lower-limb joint mechanics to prosthetic forefoot stiffness with a variable stiffness foot in level-ground walking.Journal of biomechanics · 2023Article
- Survey of transfemoral amputee experience and priorities for the user-centered design of powered robotic transfemoral prostheses.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundUser preference has the potential to facilitate the design, control, and prescription of prostheses, but we do not yet understand which physiological factors drive preference, or if preference is associated with clinical benefits.
methodsSubjects with unilateral below-knee amputation walked on a custom variable-stiffness prosthetic ankle and manipulated a dial to determine their preferred prosthetic ankle stiffness at three walking speeds. We evaluated anthropomorphic, metabolic, biomechanical, and performance-based descriptors at stiffness levels surrounding each subject's preferred stiffness.
resultsSubjects preferred lower stiffness values at their self-selected treadmill walking speed, and elected to walk faster overground with ankle stiffness at or above their preferred stiffness. Preferred stiffness maximized the kinematic symmetry between prosthetic and unaffected joints, but was not significantly correlated with body mass or metabolic rate.
conclusionThese results imply that some physiological factors are weighted more heavily when determining preferred stiffness, and that preference may be associated with clinically relevant improvements in gait.
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