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Monitoring rehabilitation with transient sensors

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An implantable strain and pressure sensor, which is made from biodegradable polymers, could be used to track the healing of tendons and then degrade after its useful lifetime.

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Fig. 1: A stretchable strain and pressure sensor that can track the healing of tendons.

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  1. Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Sung-Geun Choi & Seung-Kyun Kang

  2. KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Seung-Kyun Kang

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Choi, SG., Kang, SK. Monitoring rehabilitation with transient sensors. Nat Electron 1, 272–273 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0076-2

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