"Smart" prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates. A better way would be ...

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 ...

Today I’m stepping inside a prosthetics workshop to shadow a prosthetist and follow the journey from casting a residual limb ...

BYU 2ft Prosthetic Club volunteers smile at the camera among bags of 450 pounds of prosthetic materials at the Salt Lake City International Airport. This group of volunteers traveled and served ...

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 ...

A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

In June, Jonah Villamil hopped on a surfboard with two legs for the first time in three years. He was testing the water with a new, 3-D-printed prosthetic leg. Jonah calls it his “DNA leg” because of ...

Cohen, a 2-year-old who lost his foot after he was accidentally run over by a lawn mower, has a name for his prosthetic leg: ...

The young alpaca lost his leg last year but hasn’t let it slow him down. Cowboy was fitted at Friday’s appointment for his second prosthetic leg. Derek Smith, his owner and Co-Owner of Fleecy Friends ...

The World Cup is putting soccer in the spotlight, but for one Ames teenager, the sport has always been about more than what happens on the biggest stage. Seventeen-year-old Finn Murphy has loved ...