Video: How Kinematics, Kinetics, and Advanced Prosthetics transform Veterans' Lives
Video: How Kinematics, Kinetics, and Advanced Prosthetics transform Veterans' Lives
ASME tours the VISN2 BRAVO (Biomechanics Research for the Advancement of Veteran Outcomes) to learn more about their cutting-edge work in motion mechanics, computational modeling, and prosthetics. Watch as Dr. Maikos and his gait and motion analysis team utilize the same technology used in movies and video games to explore the mechanics of human motion, specifically Veterans living with limb loss, to understand how the biomechanics of this disability affects mobility, pain, and quality of life. Also a research lab, their work in kinematics and kinetics will impact the future of prosthetics now and for years to come.
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