The first week of our independent study we narrowed down on a specific type of prosthesis: above knee (AK) prosthesis. With this idea in our minds, we researched throughout the week solely based on AK prosthetics. Since we want to focus on limitations of physical activity within people with amputations, we began searching for specific exercises that have the greatest affect on personal health because that could be what we base our end design prosthetic on. Neta and I have been meeting with our faculty advisor for the independent study, Ms. Starling. She provided us with some great insight. She brought up the question of whether the prosthetic we potentially want to design will have to look like a knee, or just function like a knee. We realized that this is again, based on who our audience is.
