We are pleased to invite sumissions to the open-source journal of Wearable Technologies’ special issue on lower limb prosthesis

Submission Deadline Date: September 30, 2022

Scope

Lower extremity amputation often causes mobility deficits that can dramatically affect the health and quality of life of these individuals. The recovery of this lost motor functionality is the ultimate goal of quasi-passive or fully active lower-limb prostheses. However, there are still several fundamental research questions that must be addressed before these technologies can reach their potential for broad impact.

This special issue solicits high-quality scientific contributions on the design, control, and evaluation of robotic lower-limb prostheses. We encourage submissions of research that advances the practical application of these technologies to recovering functionality in people with limb loss, as well as work on the estimation, control, software, experimental methods, models of human behavior, and design challenges unique to this application.

Topics of Interest:

- Prosthesis Design

- Prosthesis Control

- Biologically Inspired Prostheses

- Human Prosthesis Interaction

- Improving Power to Weight

- Energy conservation and harvesting

Guest Editors

Elliott Rouse, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Institute, University of Michigan, USA

Nicola Vitiello, The BioRobotics Institute, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy

Francesco Lanotte, Center for Bionic Medicine, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, USA, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA

Gray Thomas, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, USA

Please submit your research article, review article or position paper through manuscript central and select the ‘Lower-Limb Prosthesis’ special issue.

Submission Deadline: July 31, 2022

First Reviews Returned: September 2022

Final Decisions Returned: January 2023

Papers Appear in Special Issue: TBD (Editor in Chief)