Glenn Klute, Ph.D.
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
E-mail: klute@u...


PRESENTED BY:
Ava Segal, MS and Brian Glaister, MS (doctoral student)
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention & Prosthetic Engineering


TITLE:

"The effect of turning gait in intact individuals and lower limb amputees
and the preliminary design of a controllable prosthetic torsion adapter"


ABSTRACT:

Turning movements are ubiquitous during daily activities.  Compared
to straight walking, the biomechanical strategies governing turning are
more complicated and can be particularly difficult for people with mobility
impairments including lower limb amputees. Additionally, the act of
turning adds increased demands on prosthetic limb performance that have
received limited attention from prosthetic manufacturers. In this talk we
will present a rationale for studying turning and results from our gait
studies investigating turning in intact individuals and lower limb amputees.
Then, we will present preliminary work from our center developing a
controllable torsion adapter to improve turning in lower limb amputees.