Genoa (Italy), 30 October 2024: Two lower limb prosthetic prototypes developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology) took the podium at Cybathlon 2024, the ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both ...

Businessman and father of the Ball Brothers, the 57-year-old LaVar Ball had his right foot and part of his lower right leg amputated earlier in February 2025. The amputations were done in three stages ...

Through hard work and determination, a five-year-old girl took her very first steps with the help of Shriners Children’s Erie ...

If the inner socket of a prosthetic leg doesn't conform to the contours of the user's leg stump, considerable pain and even skin ulcers may result. A new prosthesis should help keep that from ...

Her care team at Shriners Children’s Erie recommended a prosthesis for Joy after determining it would offer the best ...

"It happened so quickly," a grateful Monica Swindall tells PEOPLE Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously appeared in the ...

A military veteran and former technician's rough fall led to a life-changing amputation. He now needs the community's help to ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio -- If you watch the freshman football team from Wadsworth High School, you'll see speed, contact and energy. You may also notice number 16, freshman Zach Patterson. He loves football ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a young man battling bone cancer is hoping someone will come across his stolen prosthetic leg. Doctors diagnosed Atticus Root with cancer at the age of 13. The next year ...

Dylan Probe, 10, had her right leg amputated after being diagnosed with cancer. — -- Dylan Probe, 10, received a memorable surprise after having her lower right leg amputated because of cancer.