Researchers have been looking at the impact of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running, specifically looking at whether athletes with prosthesis are at an unfair advantage when running against ...

Researchers are perfecting a pattern recognition system that makes it easier for patients with a lower limb amputation to navigate uneven terrain and to naturally transition between movements such as ...

A test developed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus that measures both prosthetic donning time and mobility in lower-limb amputation, shows that a prosthesis anchored to bone goes ...

With a wrench in hand, Andrea Modica makes a final adjustment to the gleaming metallic joint on the prosthetic leg strapped to his left thigh. He stands and walks a few steps along the neon-lit ...

The finding is the first to validate the test as a tool to measure performance for lower-limb amputees using bone-anchored prostheses. The study was published recently in the Journal of Bone & Joint ...

After the initial shock of the Boston Marathon bombings wore off, many people began to wonder—quite rightly—what the future would hold for those who lost limbs in the explosions. In the past, the ...