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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

KIMM, Chungnam National University Hospital, and Veterans Health Service Medical Center Pursue Joint R&D for the Physically Challenged As part of a project to demonstrate and supply the smart robotic ...

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 ...

A Chicago toddler who was born with a one-in-a-million condition that left him without part of his right leg is now walking thanks to a prosthetic leg. Dakari Miranda, who will turn 2 this fall, took ...