In response to the plight of World War II amputees, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) established the Artificial Limb Program in 1945 to promote scientific research to improve prosthetic device design. Emphasis was placed on investigating the movement of normal human limbs, so prostheses could be designed to appear as lifelike as possible.
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