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Bionic breakthrough: Prosthetic leg is controlled by human thoughts
In standard below-the-knee amputations, muscles that control the foot are wrapped around the stump to create a soft padding, which makes the prosthetic more comfortable. However, this process ...
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A Bargain In Bionic Knees
That is, if you can afford them. A microprocessor knee — a prosthetic with some smarts in it — can run anywhere from $25,000 to well over $100,000. However [Lucas Galey], a PhD candidate at ...
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East Carolina baseball player whose leg was amputated below knee records his first career hit
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina's Parker Byrd, whose right leg was amputated below the knee after a boating ... Wearing an athletic prosthetic, Byrd pinch hit with one out in the sixth inning ...
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Sailing classification
Athletes in sport class 7 may have a single above knee amputation, single below knee amputation without prosthesis (excluding Symes amputation or equivalent), short stature or an equivalent activity ...