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Empowering prosthesis users with a hip exoskeleton

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A phase 1 trial shows the feasibility of a novel approach combining a powered hip exoskeleton with a passive leg prosthesis to improve the energy efficiency of walking.

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Fig. 1: Flowchart showing the development of wearable lower limb assistive devices and their target populations and functionality.

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    Varun Nalam & He (Helen) Huang

  2. Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Varun Nalam & He (Helen) Huang

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