Treadmill-based assessment of running-specific prostheses in steady and accelerated running: a case study with a Paralympic medalist
Samira G. Breban, Giuseppe Marcolin, Roberto Di Marco, Andrea G. Cutti, Gian Luca Migliore, Nicola Petrone · 2026
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Samira G Breban, with co-authors, presents a 2026 single-case study on testing running prosthesis setups on a treadmill instead of a track. Their athlete was a Paralympic medalist with a lower-limb amputation. The rig combined a treadmill set over four force platforms with an eight-camera motion capture rig, allowing steady running and resisted acceleration trials indoors.
Different blade alignments produced measurable changes in ground reaction forces, impulses, and hip, knee, and ankle motion in both running modes. Track testing remains the gold standard, but it is costly and hard to arrange. The authors propose their protocol as a controlled screening step for spotting promising prosthesis settings before final track checks. They caution that one athlete's data cannot prove how sensitive the method is in general.
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| CREATOR | Samira G. Breban, Giuseppe Marcolin, Roberto Di Marco, Andrea G. Cutti, Gian Luca Migliore, Nicola Petrone |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27135 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |