ArticleJournal of biomechanics2022
Unilateral below-knee prosthesis users walking on uneven terrain: The effect of adding a toe joint to a passive prosthesis.
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- Foot segments motion during uneven terrain walking and influence on lower limb biomechanics.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The SoftFoot Pro: an anthropomorphic and adaptive soft articulated prosthetic foot.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Motion Analysis of a Frontal Plane Adaptable Prosthetic Foot.Journal of prosthetics and orthotics : JPO · 2024Article
- Biomechanical effects of adding an articulating toe joint to a passive foot prosthesis for incline and decline walking.PloS one · 2024Article
- Unilateral transtibial prosthesis users load their intact limb more than their prosthetic limb during sit-to-stand, squatting, and lifting.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Lower limb prosthesis users cite uneven terrain as a challenging surface to walk on. We sought to determine whether adding a Flexible toe joint to a prosthetic foot would be preferred by unilateral below-knee prosthesis users relative to a Locked (non-articulating) toe joint for walking on uneven terrain. We also quantified lower limb joint kinetics for the Locked and Flexible toe joint configurations. Five of our nine participants preferred the Flexible toe joint when walking on uneven terrain, yet from a biomechanical standpoint, the reason for this is unclear. All participants exhibited reductions in prosthetic limb net positive hip joint work when walking with a Flexible toe joint (11%; p < 0.05). For other parameters (e.g., prosthetic side knee joint moments) we observed high inter-subject variation, which adds to a growing body of literature highlighting the need for subject-specific data analyses in lower limb prosthetics research.
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