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Certain embodiments of the invention relate to increasing the functionality of a transfemoral prosthetic device. In one embodiment, the transfemoral prosthetic device is configured such that the prosthetic knee maintains a load consistent with a healthy knee walking on level ground, while the prosthetic ankle adjusts for the incline or decline. In certain embodiments, adjustments, such as a toe lift function, are automatically performed after about three strides of the transfemoral prosthetic device user and / or when each of the strides has a stride speed of at least about 0.55 meters / second.

An intraoral discluder for preventing chronic tension headaches, common migraine headaches, and temporomandibular disorders that are caused or perpetuated by chronic activity of the temporalis muscle. The discluder includes a trough, contoured to encompass at least one maxillary or mandibular incisor, from which extends a protruding platform, for engagement by the opposing incisors. The trough can be retained on the teeth by any adaptable material than can flow around the teeth and then maintain its shape. Once in place in the wearer's mouth, one or two opposing incisors will come into contact with the platform prior to the upper and lower posterior and / or canine teeth coming into contact, regardless of the position of the mandible, thereby reducing the intensity of the activity of the temporalis muscle. In addition, a special post on the discluder's platform is engageable directly with one or more opposing incisors, to act as a stop and thereby inhibit excessive retrusive movement of the mandible and urge the mandible toward a more protrusive position. This can reduce the intensity of undesired clenching, and it can enhance the size of the wearer's pharyngeal airspace, thereby reducing the incidence and severity of snoring.

An exercise apparatus comprises a platform that is configured to support a user thereon. The apparatus also comprises at least first and second oscillation mechanisms that are arranged to cause movement of the platform. The first oscillation mechanism is arranged to impart drive to the platform to oscillate in a first frequency range and at a first amplitude. The second oscillation mechanism is arranged to impart drive to the platform to oscillate in a second frequency range and at a second amplitude. The first amplitude can be greater than the second amplitude. Further, each of the first and second oscillation mechanisms can be arranged to generally impart drive to the platform in substantially the same direction. The first and second mechanisms may operate through a drive element that combines drive imparted from the first and second oscillation mechanisms to cause the movement of the platform.