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1. Speed-Adaptation Mechanism: Robotic Prostheses Can Actively Regulate Joint Torque.

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Lenzi, Tommaso, Hargrove, Levi, and Sensinger, Jonathon

Subjects
ROBOTIC exoskeletons, JOINTS (Engineering), TORQUE, OSTEOARTHRITIS, BACKACHE, MENTAL depression
Abstract

By 2050, an estimated 1.5 million people in the United States will be living with a major lower-limb amputation [1], a condition that causes severe disability, particularly for persons with transfemoral (above-knee) amputations. These individuals expend up to twice the metabolic effort to walk at half the speed [2] of able-bodied persons, and they experience a higher risk of falls and secondary pathological conditions, such as osteoarthritis, back pain, and depression [3]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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