Advances for prosthetic technology : from historical perspective to current status to future application /: from historical perspective to current status to future application. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert LeMoyne.
• Authors: LeMoyne, Robert (Robert Charles)
• Contents: Amputations and prostheses, a topic of global concern -- Ankle-foot complex and the fundamental aspects of gait -- Prosthetic gait asymmetry and discomfort while walking with a transtibial prosthesis -- Testing and evaluation strategies for the powered prosthesis, a global perspective -- Passive transtibial prosthesis and associated prosthetic components -- Energy Storage and Return (ESAR) prosthesis -- Architecture of a powered prosthesis system: actuators, sensors, and control -- Transtibial powered prostheses: single and dual actuator configurations -- The MIT inspired powered prosthesis leading to the commercialized BiOM powered prosthesis, a precedence in transtibial prosthetic technology -- Future and advanced concepts for the powered prosthesis.
• Publisher Details: Tokyo : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 135 pages)
• Subjects: 617.9; Prosthesis -- Technological innovations; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Orthopedics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9784431558163; 4431558160; 4431558144; 9784431558149
• Related ISBNs: 9784431558149
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 14, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.