[AMP-L] Brain-powered Prosthetic Ankle Brings Balance to Amputees
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Wayne Renardson
wayne.renardson at comcast.net
Tue Sep 20 05:18:03 PDT 2022
via ABC News WQAD:
Scientists are testing powered prosthetic ankles that may be
game-changing for amputees.
More than two million Americans are living with limb loss.
Prosthetics are a solution - helping with mobility and some function
- but in most cases, the artificial limbs may be "fixed", meaning the
wearer´s movements aren´t natural and may be uncomfortable. Now,
scientists are testing powered prosthetic ankles that may be
game-changing for amputees.
Fifty-five-year-old Greg Phillips was on his way home on Labor Day
2013, when a car pulled out in front of his motorcycle.
"It was called a compression fracture in which the foot was crushed
between an 850-pound motorcycle and the rear axle of a car," Phillips
recalled.
The rest of the story, with video, here:
https://tinyurl.com/2oj4ld8l
Wayne R.
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