Publication detail

The biomechanics of Cycling with Transtibial Prosthesis: A Case Study of a Professional Cyclist

KOUTNÝ, D. PALOUŠEK, D. STOKLÁSEK, P. ROSICKÝ, J. TEPLÁ, L. PROCHÁZKOVÁ, M. SVOBODA, Z. KREJCI, P.

English title

The biomechanics of Cycling with Transtibial Prosthesis: A Case Study of a Professional Cyclist

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

The article deals with biomechanics of cyclist with unilateral transtibial amputation. Transtibial amputation completely removes ankle and part of muscles of a lower leg which are responsible for production of force during pedaling and causes significant geometric and power asymmetry between the limbs during cycling movement. The primary goal of this work is to assess the effects of length adjustment of the crank on the kinematics and muscle activity of cyclist. The paper presents experimental work, which aims to find a suitable ratio of the length of kinematic components to improve overall athletic performance. The study presents the results of the kinematic analysis of the cycling movement with different crank length realized by tracking camera system together with the results of muscle activity measurements captured by electromyography and measurement of forces in the cranks by strain gauges.

Keywords in English

amputation, electromyography, kinematics of cycling, leg assymetry, motion capturing, transtibial prosthesis

Released

2013-12-17

Publisher

WASET

ISSN

2010-3778

Journal

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (electronic)

Volume

84

Number

72

Pages from–to

390–396

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT104534,
  author="KOUTNÝ, D. and PALOUŠEK, D. and STOKLÁSEK, P. and ROSICKÝ, J. and TEPLÁ, L. and PROCHÁZKOVÁ, M. and SVOBODA, Z. and KREJCI, P.",
  title="The biomechanics of Cycling with Transtibial Prosthesis: A Case Study of a Professional Cyclist",
  journal="World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (electronic)",
  year="2013",
  volume="84",
  number="72",
  pages="390--396",
  issn="2010-3778",
  url="http://waset.org/publications/9996683"
}