Experts say it’s not uncommon for patients who need prostheses to be denied by insurance. “It’s not a matter of if, but when, ...

Cammie, a young camel whose front leg was chopped off by a landlord in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, left her caregivers emotional as she walked for the first time on a prosthetic leg. "I ...

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With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Prosthetic limbs have been around since at least 300 B.C., when a Roman nobleman used a leg made of bronze, iron and wood. And they've improved in ways that would have seemed nothing ...