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Prosthetics with sensors are superior to conventional prosthetics

More likely to climb stairs faster and walk over obstacles safely

02-Oct-2019

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Prosthetic legs with sensors can help people avoid unseen obstacles underfoot.

Added sensors to the insole on the foot and inside the knee.

Signals were delivered through electrodes implanted into nerves in the participant’s thigh.

Carried the signal generated when touching the ground or bending the knee.

Participants walked up and down stairs an average of 30 per cent faster with the sensory input

Seven times less likely to fall over an unseen object with input from the sensors.

Research by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, published in Science Translational Medicine.

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Science Translational Medicine

Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine

Stanisa Raspopovic

Assistant Professor of Neuroengineering at ETH Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)

Public research university for technology and science

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Prostheses