Conference Agenda

FRAMING LEG PROSTHESIS DESIGN AS AN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM: LINKING MECHANICAL FUNCTION TO BIOMECHANICAL OUTCOMES

M. J Major^1,2

¹Northwestern University, Chicago, USA; ²Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, USA

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR PROSTHESIS? A SURVEY OF FUNCTIONALITY AND APPEARANCE FACTORS

O. Pasnicu

TU Darmstadt, Germany

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CONTINUOUS FIBRE REINFORCEMENT FOOT PROSTHESES

J. Romanò¹, A. R. N. Althahabi², G. Rollo³, L. Garavaglia¹, F. Lazzari¹, L. M. Martulli², M. Kostovic³, A. Sorrentino³, A. Bernasconi², M. Lavorgna³, E. Gruppioni⁴, S. Pittaccio¹

¹National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Technologies for Energy (CNR-ICMATE), Italy; ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, I-20156 Milano, Italy; ³National Research Council of Italy, (CNR-IPCB), Via Previati 1/E, 23900 Lecco (LC), Italy; ⁴INAIL, Centro Protesi Inail, Via Rabuina 14, 40054 Vigorso di Budrio (BO), Italy

RESIDUAL LIMB-SOCKET INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT ON A ROLL OVER SIMULATOR USING LOW-COST LOAD CELLS

M. MATRAY¹, X. BONNET¹, P.-Y. ROHAN¹, L. CALISTRI², H. PILLET¹

¹IBHGC, France; ²PROTEOR, Recherche et développement, France

OSSEOINTEGRATION: A 3D FE MODEL TO COMPARE LOAD PROFILES OF STUBBIES AND FULL-LENGTH PROSTHESES FOR PERSONS WITH BILATERAL TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATIONS

T. McGuire, D. Toderita, A. M J Bull

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

BONE STIMULATION DURING GAIT IN TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES SUGGESTS REASON FOR BONE MINERAL DENSITY LOSS

J. L. Zavaleta Ruiz¹, M. J Major^2,3, P. Pankaj¹

¹University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²Northwestern University, USA; ³Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, USA

EFFECT OF THE EXOSKELETON SUPPORT ON THE IN VIVO MEASURED HIP JOINT LOADING DURING LIFTING

P. Damm¹, A. Bender¹, G. N. Duda¹, H. Schmidt¹, C. Brandl^2,3, D. Wellner¹

¹Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; ²Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; ³Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE, Aachen, Germany

SINGLE FINGER KINEMATIC SYNERGIES DURING STATIC GRASPING FOR PROSTHETIC DESIGN

M. P. Trejo Ramirez, N. D. Evans, M. J. Chappell

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

QUANTIFYING THE MECHANICAL STIFFNESS OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN’S THERAPEUTIC FOOTWEAR

M. Hill, P. Chatzistergos, H. Aoife, C. Nachiappan

Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, Staffordshire University,

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A PATIENT SPECIFIC KNEE DISTRACTION UNLOADER BRACE

L. Boillereaux^1,2, S. Le Floc'h¹, A. Kheddar², L. Dagneaux^1,3, M. Julia³, F. Jourdan¹

¹LMGC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France; ²LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France; ³University Hospital, Montpellier, France