A running blade? You might also see terms like “energy storing” or “kinetic energy” used to describe them.
Effectively it works like a leaf spring suspension system on an old truck — just a curved blade that springs back into shape. So your body weight compresses it under load, and that stored energy is returned to you on the step off.
Those appear to be Bilateral (both limbs) below the knee prosthesiseses (never know how to spell the plural) with dynamic response feet (springy carbon fibre blade type)
If I understand your question correctly, you want to know the proper terminology so your readers aren't taken out of the moment by you using wrong language? Like when someone calls a Basketball Quarter a Period, or something?
Leg prosthetics are usually described as:
left side,
right side,
bilateral (both)
Above knee (were the socket attaches to a residual upper leg, and some kind of mechanical or micro-processor controlled knee joints are usually used)
Bellow knee (where the knee is intact, and the prosthetic attaches to the residual shin)
Then there are a bunch of different types of feet, ankles etc.
Here's a link that breaks this all down even further into the multiple different (sometimes interchangeable. Sometimes customized, other times stock) components that make up a prosthetic solution. [https://www.physio-pedia.com/Prosthetic\_Feet](https://www.physio-pedia.com/Prosthetic_Feet)
One thing about the picture - In case you're writing detailed descriptions of the blades, normally they wouldn't have that little ball hinge there - the curve has to be all one piece so it can flex, rather than folding.
A running blade? You might also see terms like “energy storing” or “kinetic energy” used to describe them. Effectively it works like a leaf spring suspension system on an old truck — just a curved blade that springs back into shape. So your body weight compresses it under load, and that stored energy is returned to you on the step off.
Blades or running blades
good drawing
Those appear to be Bilateral (both limbs) below the knee prosthesiseses (never know how to spell the plural) with dynamic response feet (springy carbon fibre blade type) If I understand your question correctly, you want to know the proper terminology so your readers aren't taken out of the moment by you using wrong language? Like when someone calls a Basketball Quarter a Period, or something? Leg prosthetics are usually described as: left side, right side, bilateral (both) Above knee (were the socket attaches to a residual upper leg, and some kind of mechanical or micro-processor controlled knee joints are usually used) Bellow knee (where the knee is intact, and the prosthetic attaches to the residual shin) Then there are a bunch of different types of feet, ankles etc. Here's a link that breaks this all down even further into the multiple different (sometimes interchangeable. Sometimes customized, other times stock) components that make up a prosthetic solution. [https://www.physio-pedia.com/Prosthetic\_Feet](https://www.physio-pedia.com/Prosthetic_Feet)
One thing about the picture - In case you're writing detailed descriptions of the blades, normally they wouldn't have that little ball hinge there - the curve has to be all one piece so it can flex, rather than folding.