{"596261":{"#nid":"596261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Sciences Researchers Win Grant to Advance Robotic Prostheses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One in 190 Americans is currently living with the loss of a limb,\u0026rdquo; according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18295618\u0022\u003Ea 2008 study\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Unchecked, this number may double by the year 2050.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Care, most amputations are due to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.centeropcare.com\/Portals\/COPC\/Amputation%20Statistics.pdf\u0022\u003Ecomplications of the vascular system (82 percent) and trauma (16 percent)\u003C\/a\u003E. Amputations of lower limbs outnumber those of upper limbs, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.centeropcare.com\/Portals\/COPC\/Amputation%20Statistics.pdf\u0022\u003E84 percent vs 16 percent\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite advances in powered, lower-limb prostheses, adoption has been surprisingly low. \u0026ldquo;One reason is the complexity of robotic prostheses,\u0026rdquo; says School of Biological Sciences Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/young-chang\u0022\u003EYoung-Hui Chang\u003C\/a\u003E. Customizing the controls to each person\u0026rsquo;s ability is time consuming and requires multiple and long visits with a clinical professional known as a prosthetist.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo address the problem, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Chang and Senior Lecturer \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/lee-childers\u0022\u003ELee Childers\u003C\/a\u003E a grant to figure out how to make the use of wearable lower-limb robotic prostheses much easier for patients and thereby reduce the burden on the healthcare system. \u0026ldquo;Our goal is to automate the process so that after one visit with a clinician the patient can complete the tuning automatically from home with regular use of the device,\u0026rdquo; says Chang, who leads the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pwp.gatech.edu\/cnl\/\u0022\u003EComparative Neuromechanics Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo achieve this goal, Georgia Tech will undertake research to better understand human responses to robotic prostheses. Chang and Childers, working with collaborators at the University of Alabama, aim to incorporate human movement patterns into computer algorithms to improve the walking ability of prosthesis users.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENSF has awarded Chang and Childers $599,684 over four years for their part of the research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe University of Alabama team is led by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eng.ua.edu\/people\/xshen\/\u0022\u003EXiangrong Shen\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ece.eng.ua.edu\/people\/esazonov\/\u0022\u003EEdward S. Sazonov\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. Their NSF award is $899,799 over four years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe vision for the two research teams, Chang says, \u0026ldquo;is a smart device that can monitor the person\u0026rsquo;s movement and automatically adjust prosthesis control to improve outcomes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech team will collaborate with University of Alabama engineers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation\u0026nbsp;awarded Young-Hui Chang and Senior Lecturer Lee Childers\u0026nbsp;a grant to figure out how to make the use of wearable lower-limb robotic prostheses much easier for patients and thereby reduce the burden on the healthcare system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The goal is to make robotic prostheses easier to use by patients."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2017-09-20 18:45:17","changed_gmt":"2017-09-21 13:11:09","author":"A. 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