Main description:

Active Above-Knee Prosthesis: A Guide to a Smart Prosthetic Leg presents original research and development results, providing a firsthand overview of idea generation and prototype production. The book gives insights into the problem of stair ascent for people with above-knee amputation and offers a solution in the form of a physical prototype of an active above-knee prosthesis with an actuated ankle. The book's authors have developed and tested a physical prototype of an active above-knee prosthesis, giving anyone who is researching and designing prosthetic devices firsthand knowledge on how to build on, and continue with, work that has already been done.

Contents:

The challenges of prosthetic design and control
Human motor system
Hydraulic power and control system
Prosthetic modelling and simulation
Prosthetic design and prototype development
Dynamics-based action recognition for motor intention prediction
Experimental validation of the prosthetic leg