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As a nation and as a field, we have not developed a strong, sustainable prosthetics research framework, nor sufficiently transitioned the results of recent research into tangible results that impact patients’ daily lives. The window of attention and resources for prosthetics created by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan remains open, but it will not stay that way forever. Improved linkages among federal researchers, academia, clinicians, and industry are urgently needed to transfer the results of research activities into clinical practice and produce the results that justify continued investments.
