Figure 2

Experimental setup. Subjects wore an ankle-foot prosthesis emulator on one leg using an amputation-simulating boot while walking on a force-sensing split-belt treadmill. The prosthesis system was composed of a lightweight prosthesis end-effector, a Bowden cable tether, and a powerful off-board motor and controller. On the opposite limb, subjects wore a lift shoe with a rocker bottom. Reflective markers were attached to the sacrum and the toe and heel of each foot. Marker data was both streamed to a real-time controller and logged by a motion capture system. Subjects wore a wireless respirometry system to measure metabolic rate. Subjects completed a distraction task in which they observed patterns of colors on a monitor and provided responses using a hand-held switch.