Conference Agenda

11:00am - 11:20am
ID: 135

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

11:20am - 11:30am
ID: 1221

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

O. Pasnicu

TU Darmstadt, Germany

11:30am - 11:40am
ID: 746

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

11:40am - 11:50am
ID: 327

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

11:50am - 12:00pm
ID: 1116

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

12:00pm - 12:10pm
ID: 919

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

12:10pm - 12:20pm
ID: 494

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

12:20pm - 12:30pm
ID: 928

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

12:30pm - 12:40pm
ID: 941

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,

12:40pm - 12:50pm
ID: 987

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