Ortho-prosthetist Wivine Kavira Mukata, 28, prepares the prosthesis mold for Ajuamungu Kikoba, 17, a patient who came to the Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center for a prosthesis change in Goma, North ...

Breakthrough device promises a new era of natural, intuitive and reliable physical interaction for upper limb amputees ...

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NEWTON, Mass. — She was orphaned during Rwanda’s genocide and lost much of one of her legs to childhood cancer, but Claudine Humure has dreams of giving back to her once war-torn homeland. First, ...

The new flexing prosthetic finger developed by Medical Art Prosthetics addresses this challenge with a unique body-driven articulation design: the prosthetic middle finger flexes and extends in tandem ...

Patients at the amputee clinic can receive prothesis sockets faster with the new 3D printer. “This took us halfway to our ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

Prosthetic limbs have come a really long way from being peg legs, hooks, and whatnot. The most advanced ones right now are often imbued with advanced robotics, which offer far more function and a ...

A Woodland woman, who lost her legs due to an infection, is adjusting to new life with prosthetic legs from her community. Wendi Locatelli, mother of three young children, says the infection started ...

Danielle Cummings, a local athlete, has transformed her resilience into a journey toward building a legendary legacy.

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) --A study published by a University of Colorado Boulder researcher last month compared elite-level 400-meter non-amputee sprinters with the fastest amputee sprinters who use ...

Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what his global travels are like wearing two prosthetic legs. For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking ...