Wednesday, July 20, 2011

U.S soldiers in Afghanistan develop simple prosthetic leg using local resources

Maj. Brian Egloff puts a sock on an 8-year-old Afghan boy to aid the fitting of the protot...

While we've covered many developments in the field of prosthetics, are such high-tech developments beyond the reach of those in developing countries where the rates of amputations due to war at its highest. Now, U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Afghanistan have a simple prototype artificial leg, using the local resources, developed so that victims of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines to be back on its feet quickly and cheaply can. .. Continue Reading to develop U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan simple prosthetic leg with local resources

Section: Health and wellbeing

Tags: Mobility, Prosthetics, Prototype, U.S. Army

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