Development of a Powered Hip Disarticulation Prosthesis with Swing Phase Controller(Mechanical Systems)

Biomechanics of the hip disarticulation prosthesis.

1 Previously published in Orthopadie Technik, 4/76, 58-60. Introduction M o r e than twenty years ago, McLaur in (1954) published his first report on the Canadian hip disarticulation prosthesis. His work was aimed at improving the conventional design of the saucer-type and tilting table prostheses. A measure of his success can be seen in that the Canadian-type has made the other two almost obso...

Some experience with the Canadian-type hip-disarticulation prosthesis.

A new prosthesis for disarticulation at the hip.

The locomotor problem in bilateral disarticulation at the hip is serious because there is no natural motive power left to help swing either limb forward, and the physiological mechanism used in unilateral disarticulation is no longer available. The only motive power is pelvic and spinal in origin. To overcome this, a new “ swing door “ hinge prosthesis has been developed, which is particularly ...

The biomechanics of the Canadian-type hip-disarticulation prosthesis.

The evolution of the Canadian-type hip-disarticulation prosthesis.

1 Assistant Director, Prosthetics Research Center, Northwestern University, 401 E. Ohio St., Chicago; formerly Research Engineer, Prosthetic Services Centre, Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto. Not many people are amputees. Still fewer people are prosthetists. Not many amputees are hip-disarticulation cases. Hence, not many prosthetists are interested in hip-d...