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The Development Of A Prosthetic Training Software For Upper Limb Amputees, Tyler Kayne Sullins
The Development Of A Prosthetic Training Software For Upper Limb Amputees, Tyler Kayne Sullins
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to develop an intuitive software that aids in the field of prosthetic training and rehabilitation by creating an individualized visualization of joint angles. This software is titled “the prosthetic training software (PTS) for individualized joint angle representation”, and it enables the individualized portrayal of predicted or pre-recorded joint angles. The PTS is an intuitive program for clinicians and prosthesis users that produces an animation of a virtual avatar reflecting the user’s segment lengths and amputation for rehabilitation and training purposes.
The PTS consists of a graphical user interface (GUI) and a 3D visualization of …