The Dynamic characterisation of ESR prosthetic running feet: an investigation of the key parameters affecting their performance.

Prosthetic running feet (referred to as Energy Storing & Returning (ESR) or Running Specific Prostheses (RSP) but better known as ‘blades’) take the form of a carbon fibre leaf spring with a deflecting keel component. Available literature on the subject of their dynamic response is limited but s...

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Main Author: Hawkins, James
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22507/
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22507/1/HAWKINS,%20James%20Richard_Ph.D._2015.pdf