High-Tech Prosthetics and Orthotics Offer Active Lifestyle for Users
From: Medical Design Technology - 02/06/2014

Thanks to advanced technologies, those who wear prosthetic and orthotic
devices are now able to break previous activity boundaries. People with
amputations now have prosthetic devices that allow them to engage in and
function more effectively in a wider range of daily activities, exercise,
sports, and even extreme sports, such as long-distance snowshoeing and ice
climbing.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/02/high-tech-prosthetics-and-orthotics-offer-active-lifestyle-users

Links:
Technology and Innovation - Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors
Editorial: Clinical Innovations in Prosthetics and Orthotics
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ti/2014/00000015/00000004

M. Jason Highsmith
http://health.usf.edu/medicine/dpt/faculty/12604/M-Jason-Highsmith.aspx