Researcher Helen Huang holds a robotic prosthetic leg. Huang and colleagues have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both optimize the ...

Strengthening hip muscles could be key to improve mobility in people with a below-the-knee amputation, new research has shown. Strengthening hip muscles could be key to improve mobility in people with ...

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 ...

Prosthetist Thomas Cutler likes to think outside the box. He wants to help his patients. One amputee went through six legs in three years. The bucket holding the leg in place around his stump was ...

Researchers have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less than a day. Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and ...

A Denver doctor is trying to help amputees live with less pain. Dr. Ronald Hugate and a partner have developed a new prosthetic device that attaches direcly to the bone. He was inspired while working ...

For an estimated two million people in the U.S. living with limb loss, commercial-grade prosthetics can be bulky, unintuitive, and still make everyday activities, like stepping over a sleeping cat, a ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have identified a critical gap in how post-amputation pain is evaluated and treated. The study shows that pain after lower limb amputation is not a ...

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he ...

Strengthening hip muscles could be key to improve mobility in people with a below-the-knee amputation, new research has shown. Amputation presents significant mobility challenges to millions of people ...