The Jaipur Foot, a prosthetic leg, facilitated mobility for 1,984 individuals across three international camps organized by ...

David Brockman, a retired CalFire captain and avid outdoorsman, built a deck in the backyard of his home last year, without the use of his dominant right hand, which he lost in an accident. The ...

A wooden big toe that enabled a priest's daughter to walk around 3,000 years ago has been found to be even more complex than researchers believed. It is thought to be one of the oldest prosthetic ...

An artificial big toe attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part, say scientists. Research at The University of Manchester ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn – Sixteen-month-old Vincent Lynick zooms around his backyard pushing a toy lawnmower, unfazed by a prosthetic leg that helped him take his first true steps. "I think I cried when he ...

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 ...

Mosha is the first elephant ever to receive a functional prosthetic leg. Motola, the elephant that was injured by a landmine, has her prosthetic leg attached at the Friends of the Asian Elephant ...

Archaeologists found a skeleton buried with a prosthetic hand in Germany. The man is believed to have died between 1450 and 1620 at between 30 and 50 years old. The discovery demonstrates advanced ...

Hartford Healthcare is helping a patient with new technology that is a powered prosthetic foot and ankle device.