Design and evaluation of a hybrid passive–active knee prosthesis on energy consumption

<p>The existing lower limb prostheses with passive knees have disadvantages, causing an asymmetric gait and higher metabolic cost during level walking which is in contrast with a normal gait. However, most existing active knee prostheses need a significant amount of energy. In this paper, a no...

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Main Authors: X. Wang, Q. Meng, Z. Zhang, J. Sun, J. Yang, H. Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-11-01
Series:Mechanical Sciences
Online Access:https://ms.copernicus.org/articles/11/425/2020/ms-11-425-2020.pdf

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