This article is part of the supplement: 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community .

Oral presentation

Robotic cadaver testing of a new total ankle prosthesis model (GERMAN ANKLE SYSTEM)

Martinus Richter¹ , Stefan Zech¹, Ralf Westphal², Yvonne Klimesch³ and Thomas Gosling³

¹  Department for Trauma, Orthopaedic and Foot Surgery, Coburg Medical Center, Germany

²  Institute for Robotics and Process Control, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

³  Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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from 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community
Bologna, Italy. 4–6 September 2008

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008, 1(Suppl 1):O10doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-S1-O10

Published:	26 September 2008

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

An investigation should be carried out into possible increased forces, torques and altered motions during motion of a load-bearing ankle after implantation of two different total ankle prostheses. A robot-based cadaver test was developed for the study. We hypothesized that the parameters investigated would not differ in relation to the two implants compared.