Study, Development and Application of a Prosthetic Foot for a Transtibial Amputation of Traumatic Etiologic

In Portugal, the evolution of the number of amputations up to the present day has increased, with 553 annual transtibial amputations and 958 annual transfemoral amputations (Matos, 2014). Therefore, based on the limitations of current conventional prosthetic feet and the needs of their users, this dissertation gave rise to an alternative prosthetic foot for the extremity of the lower limb. This prosthetic foot presents an alternative as it uses low-cost mechanisms and materials. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to develop a prosthetic foot for a population with physical limitations. Initially, a model will be designed in Solidworks software, then printed and applied and tested on patients with different levels of activity in order to extract the maximum potential from the prototype. Make a summary of what this paper covers, highlighting the difference of what has been done in relation to what already exists and indicate the conclusions in summary