Tag: Innovations

First Steps: Inspired by nature, Cadence Biomedical's Kinetic Orthosis helps users walk. After Heather Montag took her first solo steps ...

What do paintball pistols, earth movers, and a first-of-its-kind orthosis prototype have in common? They're all driven by fluid power, ...

Advanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids (ABLE Kids) Prosthesis Project aims to help kids hit the playground running. Prosthetics manufacturers have ...

Over the past few millennia, lower-limb prostheses have evolved by leaps and bounds. We know that the oldest-known surviving ones, ...

Galileo Galilei had a problem with data. The titan among Renaissance scientist-philosophers had exhorted his fellows to "measure what is ...

Unless the prosthesis provides a comfortable, pain-free experience for the amputee, the most technologically advanced componentry available may simply end ...

'Green' foot could make walking with a prosthetic foot easier and more efficient In this energy-recycling foot, the University of ...

The use of stem cells is one of the most promising, yet ethically controversial issues in modern medicine. The primordial ...

Wheelchairs can open the door to mobility and independence—quite the opposite of what is implied in such common expressions as ...

A fast, minimally invasive technique appears to provide long-term relief from plantar-fasciitis pain. Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause ...