Home Courses Bio mechatronics Course materials Readings Artificial mechanical systems

Artificial mechanical systems

Course subject(s) Artificial mechanical systems for the upper extremities Clinical gait analysis

This chapter deals with the mechanical block of the human motor control scheme, when it is extended with an artificial mechanical device such as an orthosis or prosthesis.

This chapter will:

  • Give a short overview of prosthetics and orthotics;
  • Show how the prosthetic and orthotic device affects motor control;
  • Show how a leg prosthesis or orthosis affects aspects of gait.
  • Show how stability of mechanical devices is influenced by the construction.
Chapter 7 - Artificial_mechanical_systems
Creative Commons License
Bio Mechatronics by TU Delft OpenCourseWare is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/bio-mechatronics/.
Back to top