Continuous relative phases of walking with an articulated passive ankle-foot prosthesis in individuals with a unilateral transfemoral and transtibial amputation: an explorative case-control study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll participants provided their written consent after being written and verbally informed regarding the study protocol. The study was approved by the medical Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (B.U.N. 143201526629) and by the Federal Agencies for Medicines and Health Products. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsPC is CEO and FG is CTO of Axiles Bionics. Axiles Bionics is a manufacturer of prosthetic components who provided us with the prosthetic foot being tested. They contributed to the conceptualisation and design of the work. They were not involved in the data collection, analysis and interpretation of the results. Competing interests PC is CEO and FG is CTO of Axiles Bionics. Axiles Bionics is a manufacturer of prosthetic components who provided us with the prosthetic foot being tested. They contributed to the conceptualisation and design of the work. They were not involved in the data collection, analysis and interpretation of the results."

"Funding This study is funded under the Innoviris project Talaris (BRGRD40) and is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, via an Open Call issued and executed under Project EUROBENCH (Grant Agreement Nº 779963)”. The study is also part of the SRP17 Exercise and the Brain in Health & Disease: The Added Value of Human-Centered Robotics."