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A new prosthetic leg that senses touch reduces phantom pain

Agility and confidence while walking increased in two men who tested the device

cycling with prosthetic leg

A prosthetic that senses foot pressure and knee angle may make all sorts of physical activity easier for an amputee, a new study suggests. 

Federica Barberi

By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

A prosthetic leg that can feel helped two men walk faster, more smoothly and with greater confidence.