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ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Volume 94, Issue 9, Pages 1776-1783Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.03.010
Keywords
Amputation; Prostheses and implants; Rehabilitation
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA092618] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [1R03AR062321, R03 AR062321] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives: (1) To test the validity of a trifilar pendulum in estimating moments of inertia (MOIs) for running-specific prostheses (RSPs), (2) to measure inertial properties (mass, center of mass [CM] position, and MOIs) for 4 RSPs, (3) to verify the influence of the stiffness on the inertial properties of RSPs, and (4) to develop a predictive equation to estimate RSP CM positions. Design: An aluminum block with known MOIs was used for verifying the accuracy of the trifilar pendulum MOI measurements. MOI errors were investigated by systematically misaligning the block and pendulum principal axes across a range of 1 to 10cm. Mass, CM position, and MOI were tested across 4 RSP designs with 3 stiffness categories each. Setting: University biomechanics laboratory. Specimens: Four different RSP designs and 3 stiffness categories per design were examined. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: MOI errors from known values and principal axis misalignments between RSPs and pendulum; mass, CM positions, and RSP principal axis MOIs; and predictive equation CM position errors. Results: The trifilar pendulum estimated MOIs within -6.21 x 10(-5)kg/m(2) (<= 1% error) for a block with known MOIs. Misalignments of 1 to 5cm between the RSPs' and pendulum's CM yielded errors from .00002 to .00113 kg/m(2) (0.3%-59.2%). Each RSP's inertial properties are presented. MOIs about any axis varied <.004kg/m(2) across stiffness categories; MOIs differed up to .013kg/m(2) between different designs. The predictive CM equation erred between .010 and .028m when using average input values across an RSP design. Conclusions: Trifilar pendulums can accurately measure RSP MOI. The RSP inertial properties differed slightly across stiffness categories within each design, but differed more substantially across different RSP designs. Using a predictive equation to estimate RSP CM positions can provide adequate data, but directly measuring CM positions is preferable. (C) 2013 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
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