• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 능동형 대퇴의지 시스템의 설계 및 최적화에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구의 능동형 대퇴의지 시스템은 무릎부의 1 자유도를 통해 슬관절의 움직임을 모사하는데, 실제 다리의 기능을 대체하는 것이므로 사람의 다리 무게와 최대한 유사해야 하며, 경량화가 중요한 요소라고 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 개발된 3-링크 구조의 능동형 의지 시스템의 문제점을 보완하기 위해 기어 구동 방식의 능동형 대퇴의지 시스템을 설계 및 제작하였고, 사용자의 만족감 향상 및 피로도 저감을 위해 최적화를 통한 경량화를 진행하고 유한요소해석을 통해 응력 및 변위 특성을 분석하고 안정성을 검증하였다. 또한 능동형 의지 시스템이 사용자의 보행 의도에 맞추어 작동하기 위해 의지의 인공 발에 스트레인 게이지를 부착하여 보행시 발의 앞, 뒷부분에 각기 다르게 가해지는 하중을 측정, 보행 주기를 판단할 수 있도록 한다. 이 때 스트레인 게이지는 미세한 변형에도 민감하게 반응하므로 유한요소해석을 통해 적절한 부착위치를 결정하고, 실제 제작 및 실험을 통해 안정성 및 보행주기 판단 여부를 검증한다.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.30-33
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• 2008

Understanding the characteristics of amputee gait is key in developing more advanced prostheses. The aim of this study was to quantitatively analyze a stair-climbing task for transfemoral amputees with a prosthesis and to predict the muscle forces and joint moments at musculoskeletal joints using a dynamic analysis. A three-dimensional musculoskeletal model of the lower extremities was constructed from a gait analysis using transformation software for two transfemoral amputees and ten healthy people. The measured ground reaction forces and kinematical data of each joint from the gait analysis were used as input data for an inverse dynamic analysis. Dynamic analyses of an transfemoral amputee climbing stairs were performed using musculoskeletal models. The results showed that the summed muscle forces of the hip extensor of an amputated leg were greater than those of a sound leg. The opposite was true at the hip abductor and knee flexor of an amputated leg. We also found that higher moments at the hip and knee joints of the sound leg were required to overcome the flexion moment caused by the body weight and amputated leg. Dynamic analyses using musculoskeletal models may be a useful means to predict muscle forces and joint moments for specific motion tasks related to rehabilitation therapy.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.685-694
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• 2001

In this study, a transfemoral prosthesis system of which both stance phase and swing phase are controllable has been developed for the recovery of the biomechanical function of the amputated leg. It consists of a 5 bar link mechanism, a hydraulic-rubber knee damper for stance phase control and a pneumatic cylinder controlled via a microprocessor for stance phase control. The mechanical characteristics of the knee damper which absorbs the impact energy generated at the heel contact were investigated. The characteristics of the pneumatic cylinder essential for the speed adaptation of the prosthesis during swing phase were also studied for its mechanical characteristics. The prosthesis was subject to the clinical tests, and the gait characteristics obtained were very close to those of normal subjects. The stance and swing controlled prosthesis that were developed in this study showed good stability during the stance phase and showed good controllability during the swing phase.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.504-509
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• 2000

In this study, a transfemoral prosthesis system of which stance phase and swing phase are controlled during walking has been developed for the recovery of the biomechanical function of the amputated leg. It consists of a 5 bar link mechanism, a hydraulic-rubber knee damper for stance phase control and a pneumatic cylinder controlled via a microprocessor for stance phase control. The mechanical characteristics and behaviour of the knee damper which absorbs the impact energy generated at the heel contact was investigated. The characteristics of the pneumatic cylinder essential for the speed adaptation of the prosthesis during swing phase was also studied for its mechanical characteristics. The prosthesis was subject to the clinical test ant the gait characteristics obtained were very close to those of normal. The stance and swing controlled prosthesis that were developed in this study showed good stability during the stance phase and showed good controllability during the swing phase.