More than 2 million Americans have lost a limb, and it's estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. New technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has kept ...

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 ...

Some higher-end prosthetic legs are equipped with things like gyroscopes and accelerometers, in order to guide their knee joint through a more natural bending motion. In developing nations, however, ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both ...

A powered prosthetic leg that predicts when the wearer is about to take steps on flat or inclined surfaces, or climb stairs, helped improve prosthesis control in a small new study. The control system, ...

The prosthesis tries to replicate the nervous system’s feedback loop. The issue: People who walk on both legs rely on constant feedback between their nerves and their brain to get around. But people ...

A new experimental exoskeleton developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Utah’s Bionic Engineering Lab enables an amputee to walk with much less effort, while restoring strength and range ...

BETHESDA, Md. (Jan. 10, 2012) -- A sophisticated prosthetic knee with a newly designed microprocessor is giving many wounded warriors with above-the-knee amputations the chance to return to active ...

There was no one more surprised than Karen Steif when she maneuvered around the cones of an obstacle course set up in a Chicago park. "I did something I thought I'd never do," said Steif, of ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn – Sixteen-month-old VincentLynick 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 ...