ASSISTIVE FORCE REDIRECTION OF CRUTCH GAIT PRODUCED BY THE KINETIC CRUTCH TIP

Rasouli, F; Torres, A; Reed, KB

Rasouli, F (reprint author), Univ S Florida, Dept Mech Engn, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2017, VOL 3, 2018; ():

Abstract

This paper investigates how crutch tip designs affect the users gait. Five Kinetic Crutch Tips (KCT), each with different durometers (i.e., stiffnesse......

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