Moto Knee and Versa Foot used by Mike Schultz while riding in Adaptive MotoCross
name: label: user
content: Schultz, Mike
label: designer
content: Schultz, Mike
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prosthetic Moto Knee and Versa foot made of a black metal, open frame structure containing two small shock absorbers. The foot has a metal housing with a black plastic covering, a rubber sole with a metal covering at the toe and a small shock absorber is contained within the ankle section. According to the BioDapt website, "The Moto Knee, uses an adjustable 250psi mountain bike shock absorber to regulate the joint's stiffness with compressed air. But snowboarders and skateboarders also require critical toe pressure and ankle tension, so Schultz added the Versa Foot—a foot-ankle assembly that also uses a pneumatic shock absorber to emulate joint resistance. Together, the two parts complete an artificial lower limb that's impact-resistant, waterproof, and quickly customizable for a range of high-performance activities."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mike Schultz is an extreme sports athlete who in 2008, was involved in a snowmobiling accident which fractured his knee and ultimately led to the amputation of his leg above the knee. Schultz soon developed a special prosthetic that allowed him to continue to participate in extreme sports. The Moto Knee was designed and developed by Schultz in 2009 and a year later he had founded the company BioDapt, Inc. which specializes in producing high impact adaptive sports prosthetics. In 2013 the Versa foot was developed and named one of the ten best inventions of that year. Schultz continues to compete as a three-sport X Games athlete with the most adaptive gold medals in XG history; he has 6 between Moto X Racing Adaptive and SnoCross Adaptive. Schultz competed in his first Paralympic Games in 2018 earning a gold medal in snowboard cross and a silver in banked slalom. He also won the ESPY award for best male athlete with a disability.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Adaptive MotoCross
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
label: level of sport
content: Adaptive X Games
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Change Your Game
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: BioDapt, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0060.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0060
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0060.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prosthetic leg
label: Object Name
content: prosthetic leg, adaptive sports, motocross
label: Object Name
content: prosthetic, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: prosthetic leg, adaptive sports
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum; steel; brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic; vulcanized rubber; fiberglas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 134.5 cm x 20.5 cm x 63.5 cm; 52 15/16 in x 8 1/16 in x 25 in
label: Measurements
content: overall (lower portion): 21 in x 3 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 53.34 cm x 9.525 cm x 24.765 cm