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Human limbs have inherent spring-like properties that have been shown to be important for posture and movement control. When an amputated limb is augmented with a powered prosthesis, the stiffness properties of the resulting limb-prosthesis combination are an important aspect of the performance of the system. Limb stiffness properties are typically represented as stiffness ellipses or isopotential...