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Revolutionizing Prosthetics With Fabric-Based Sensors
November 07, 2024
The key to ensuring comfort when wearing a lower-limb prosthesis, besides prosthetic socket fit, is ensuring that the residual limb loads symmetric...
The key to ensuring comfort when wearing a lower-limb prosthesis, besides prosthetic socket fit, is ensuring that the residual limb loads symmetric...
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Engineering Students Design Comfortable Below-Knee Prosthesis for Growing Children
October 27, 2024
Engineering students from James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia have taken on a challenging mission to design a below-knee prosthesis that can...
Engineering students from James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia have taken on a challenging mission to design a below-knee prosthesis that can...
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