Technological advances and improvements in prosthetic sockets have progressed considerably in the last two decades. However, when it comes to...
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Read moreGet your feet wet. Get your foot in the door. Put your feet to the fire. Get off on the...
Read moreThe Achilles leg built at the University of Arizona. Photographs courtesy of the University of Arizona. Developing O&P devices that...
Read more"There's a way to do it better—find it." —Thomas Edison (1847-1931) When one of the world's fastest amputees, Jerome Singleton,...
Read moreDevice aims to eliminate phantom pain in amputees using thermal biofeedback. Katherine Bomkamp, a West Virginia University sophomore, developed the...
Read moreFirst Steps: Inspired by nature, Cadence Biomedical's Kinetic Orthosis helps users walk. After Heather Montag took her first solo steps...
Read moreWhat do paintball pistols, earth movers, and a first-of-its-kind orthosis prototype have in common? They're all driven by fluid power,...
Read moreAdvanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids (ABLE Kids) Prosthesis Project aims to help kids hit the playground running. Prosthetics manufacturers have...
Read moreOver the past few millennia, lower-limb prostheses have evolved by leaps and bounds. We know that the oldest-known surviving ones,...
Read moreA research team compared the biomechanical features of gait when using a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis after osseointegration (OI) in comparison...
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