与被动器件相比,可变刚度假体改善了跨速行走的生物力学
Emily Rogers-Bradley1,2,3, Seong Ho Yeon1,4, Christian Landis1,4
1K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
Scientific reports
|July 17, 2024
概括
一个新的微处理器控制的脚脚假肢为穿腿截肢者提供了更好的推开功率和能量回报. 与传统的被动假肢相比,这种可变刚度的装置增强了行走的生物力学.
科学领域:
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 假肢手术 假肢手术是一门专业.
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 脚推开功率对于有效的行走至关重要,对腿部力量和步态动力学有很大的贡献.
- 目前的被动脚脚假肢通常过于硬,限制能量回报,并对步态生物力学产生负面影响,特别是在较低的速度.
- 截肢者往往会因为现有的假肢技术的局限性而经历改变的步态.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估微处理器控制的,可变刚度的脚脚假肢在穿腿截肢的个体中的动力学和运动效应.
- 为了比较可变刚度假肢的性能与标准被动假肢在各种步行速度的性能.
- 为了确定可调节的刚度是否可以优化假肢的能量回报,并减少对侧肢的补偿负荷.
主要方法:
- 一项临床研究涉及7名受试者,他们进行了单边横截肢切断.
- 使用微处理器控制的可变刚度假肢 (945 g) 和标准被动假肢 (Ottobock Taleo, 463 g) 进行行走的运动和运动分析.
- 假肢硬度在计算机控制下调节,跨越一系列步行速度 (0.75 m/s 到 1.5 m/s).
主要成果:
- 可变刚度假肢显著增加了所有测试速度的假肢侧能量回报率和峰值功率.
- 在重心推离工作中,使用可变刚度装置的实质性增加 (26.1%至29.9%).
- 在较高的步行速度下观察到对侧肢峰值地面反应力的显著减少 (3.1%至3.9%).
结论:
- 一个微处理器控制的,可变度的脚脚假肢可以增强推开功率和能量回报在走路时的跨肢截肢者.
- 假肢中可调节的刚性提供了一种有希望的方法来改善步态生物力学和减少相反的四肢应力,而不是固定度的被动装置.
- 这项技术有可能改善下肢截肢患者的流动性和生活质量.
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