Medical Xpress January 17, 2025
Samer Mabrouk started playing squash as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. Ankle injuries were to be expected, and resting for a few days was all he needed to get back on the court. Now a research engineer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mabrouk hasn’t put his racket down, but he gets injured more often—and rest isn’t enough anymore.
Injuries like Mabrouk’s are common for active Americans. About 25,000 people sprain their ankles daily, and 25% of Americans regularly experience knee pain. But physical therapy is expensive and time-consuming, and online options for rehab aren’t precise enough to be effective.
Mabrouk and Omer Inan, Regents’ Entrepreneur and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the School of...
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