• DocumentCode
    171277
  • Title

    Aquatic prosthesis design for individuals with disabilities

  • Author

    Ebai, Paul ; Schreiber, Nick ; Gettens, R.T.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Western New England Univ., Springfield, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    25-27 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Amputees at the Springfield YMCA and other YMCAs in the greater Springfield area want a prosthesis that would improve their swimming skills and mimic healthy body swimming mechanics. This way they can swim a lot better than they normally do with the prosthesis that they use for swimming now. Design Requirements include that the prosthesis should be able to do a breast stroke and the butterfly because the ones that they have now cannot do it. The task is to design a below the knee prosthesis that solves these swimming problems that amputees might face with their current prosthetic devices.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; handicapped aids; medical disorders; prosthetics; Springfield YMCA; Springfield area; aquatic prosthesis design; breast stroke; butterfly stroke; disabilities; healthy body swimming mechanics; knee prosthesis; prosthetic devices; swimming problems; swimming skills; Fabrication; Fitting; Foot; MIMICs; Materials; Prosthetics; Shape; Aquatic prosthesis; Prosthesis; lower limb;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual Northeast
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972780
  • Filename
    6972780