IMPORTANT - This International Standard is suitable for the assessment of the conformity
of lower limb prosthetic devices/structures with the strength requirements specified in 4.4
of ISO 22523:2006 (see NOTE 1). Prosthetic ankle-foot devices and foot units on the market,
which have demonstrated their compliance with the strength requirements specified in 4.4
of ISO 22523:2006 through submission to the relevant tests of ISO 10328:2006, need not be
retested to ISO 22675:2016.WARNING - This International Standard is not suitable to serve as a guide for the selection of a
specific lower limb prosthetic device/structure in the prescription of an individual lower limb
prosthesis! Any disregard of this warning can result in a safety risk for amputees.BS EN ISO 10328:2016 specifies procedures for static and cyclic strength tests on lower-limb
prostheses (see NOTE 2) which typically produce compound loadings by the application of a single test
force. The compound loads in the test sample relate to the peak values of the components of loading
which normally occur at different instants during the stance phase of walking.The tests described in this International Standard compriseprincipal static and cyclic tests for all components;a separate static test in torsion for all components;separate static and cyclic tests on ankle-foot devices and foot units for all ankle-foot devices as single
components including ankle units or ankle attachments and all foot units as single components;a separate static ultimate strength test in maximum knee flexion on knee joints and associated
parts for all knee units or knee-shin-assemblies and adjacent components that normally provide the
flexion stop on a complete prosthesis;separate static and cyclic tests on knee locks for all mechanisms which lock the knee joint in the
extended position of the knee unit or knee-shin-assembly.The tests described in this International Standard apply to specific types of ankle-disarticulation
prostheses (see NOTE 2), to transtibial (below-knee), knee-disarticulation and transfemoral (aboveknee)
prostheses and to the distal (lower) part of hip-disarticulation and hemi-pelvectomy prostheses
(see NOTE 3).NOTE 1 The tests can be performed on complete structures, on part structures or on individual components.NOTE 2 The tests only apply to ankle-disarticulation prostheses which include (foot) components of prosthetic ankle-foot devices taken from the normal production line.NOTE 3 The distal part comprises the knee unit, the ankle-foot device and all parts between. Tests on hip units are described in ISO 15032.Cross References:ISO 8549-1:1989ISO/TR 16142:1999ISO 22523:2006ISO 22675:2016ISO 15032All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.