Re: inertial props of BK limb

Re: inertial props of BK limb

Paul X. Stoney

5/2/2000

Dear Jacqueline,

Why don't you drop a line to Dr Tim Bach (LaTrobe University Australia)
He did his PhD thesis on just exactly this subject - inertial
charachteristics of lower limb prostheses. His email is
<Email Address Redacted>
He is also a really nice bloke and would be I'm sure happy to assist you.

Best Wises

Paul X. Stoney
(Prosthetist/Orthotist)
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>From: Jacqueline Schmit < <Email Address Redacted> >
>To: <Email Address Redacted>
>Subject: inertial props of BK limb
>Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 6:20 AM
>

>Fellow listmembers -
>I am interested in finding inertial properties for a few different types of
>BK limbs. Specifically, I want to be able to change the anthropometry
>section in a gait analysis software package to accomodate children with
>prostheses. Normally, the foot and tibia portions are related to Winter's
>anthropometric data, based on proportions of the subject's whole body mass.
>While I have length measurements for a TT pediatric prosthesis with a SACH
>foot (and overall weight of this limb), I don't have the mass distribution.
>I would also be interested in finding the radius of gyration. I am waiting
>for a few papers on this topic through interlibrary loan, but could anyone
>else offer some insight? Thanks.
>
>Jackie
>
>Jacqueline Schmit
>Graduate student in Biomechanics
>Marquette University
>Milwaukee, WI
> <Email Address Redacted>
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