Abstract
The remarkable performances of amputee athletes in sprint competitions aroused media and scientific interest and led to the question whether running-specific prostheses can be an advantage with respect to able-bodied running. The aim of this study was to bring together motion capture data and Scientific Computing methods to analyze the running motions of an able-bodied and a unilateral transtibial amputee athlete. For each of them a rigid multibody system model was created. By application of optimal control techniques, the dynamics of reference running movements from motion capture data was reconstructed for both models. The able-bodied and the transtibial amputee sprinters rely on dissimilar actuation strategies to perform similar running motions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings 35th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports : 35th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports |
| Editors | Wolfgang Potthast, Anja Niehoff, Sina David |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publisher | International Society of Biomechanics in Sports |
| Publication date | 06.2017 |
| Pages | 164-167 |
| Publication status | Published - 06.2017 |
| Event | 35th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports - Köln, Germany Duration: 14.06.2017 → 18.06.2017 Conference number: 35 |