Study Shows Need for Adaptive Powered Knee Prosthesis to Assist Amputees
From: Medical Design Technology - 11/07/2017

New North Carolina State University research into wearable robotics shows how
amputees wearing these devices adapted when presented with a real-world
challenge: carrying a weighted backpack. The results could assist device
manufacturers and clinicians expand the utility of these important devices,
and could help researchers develop smarter controllers that adapt to
real-world demands.

Andrea Brandt, a PhD student in the NC State and University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, wanted to
chart a new course of study on powered devices used to help lower-limb
amputees walk. While multiple studies on the efficacy of these devices on
level ground have been published, there is a paucity of work that tests these
devices in more challenging real-world situations, like bearing additional
weight when people carry a load - groceries or a backpack, for example.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/11/study-shows-need-adaptive-powered-knee-prosthesis-assist-amputees

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