This invention relates to The lower extremity assistant apparatus and method that can be equipped in a above-knee prosthesis. It includes a socket, a knee section, a foot section and a shank section, providing a variable damping characteristics during different gait patterns, such as shock absorption and propelling assistance.本創作提出一種裝設於膝上截義腿之下肢輔助裝置與方法,包括一大腿承筒、一膝部、一小腿部、及一足部,其特徵在於該小腿部內具有一自動調整吸震單元,可供使用者步行時進行吸震及提供助力之效果。B2...義肢膝關節B4...義肢踝關節1...吸震單元下管12...主活塞桿11...主活塞2...吸震單元上管21...固接管3...阻尼靜子4...頂端蓋41...底端蓋5...地面反作用力61...底氣室62...下油室63...上油室64...頂氣室65...油氣分隔膜