State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don't give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors ...

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

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

A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. The leg provided the largest gains when ...

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

BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both ...

The day before undergoing surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to remove a tumor from his right thighbone, 6-year-old Mohammed Al Ali couldn't sit still. He swung his legs, ...

A Chinese amputee who earned the nickname “Iron Leg Man” has shared the designs of his customized high-tech prosthetic leg so that other amputees can improve their artificial limbs. Liang Kaiyu, 30, ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

Two weeks ago, Meg Fisher became the first -- and only -- para-cyclist to complete the LeadBoat Challenge. The 39-year-old from Missoula, Montana was in the saddle for nearly 26 hours to finish the ...