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increase safety, and increase amputees’ ability to par- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ticipate in their typical functional and recreational Contents of this manuscript represent the opin-
activities. ions of the authors and not necessarily those of the
Joint Kinematics and Loading U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of
Two studies were identified, resulting in low level the Army, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or
confidence to support improved frontal and sagittal any academic or health care institution. Authors
plane joint kinematics when psychological awareness declare no conflicts of interest. This project was
training was integrated into a typical gait training pro- partially funded by the National Institutes of Health
gram (11,28). Two additional studies supported use of Scholars in Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) grant
an auditory feedback device to improve involved side (1K30RR22270).
loading (6,26). In patients with lower limb amputa-
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