Towards active lower limb prosthetic systems: design issues and solutions

Abstract

A prosthesis is a crucial technical substitute that should restore biomechanical function and body integrity for people with lower limb loss or congenital limb absence Within the last decades, lower limb prostheses developed from passive mechanisms to adaptive mechatronic systems Contemporary, such prostheses evolve to robotic systems providing powered locomotion support by drives as shown in According to the review in from With such technologies, various new research questions arise and the idea of prosthesis technology simulation is being discussed