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"when a patient with a standard amputation thinks about moving their ankle, which is no longer there, for example, they only get half the information. and so, the brain searches for a way to process that incomplete equation," carty said. the ewing amputation closes the loop, making the brain think the
"and the idea is that once they've healed, when they fire off those muscles and think about moving their ankle, their body basically thinks it's moving a biological ankle still," carty said. only it's not a biological ankle, but a robotic one. carty is working with the biomechatronics group at the mit...
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