Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the ...

Prosthetic legs controlled by a person's own neural system can help restore a natural walking gait, researchers found. Photo by Hugh Herr and Hyungeun Song/HealthDay News "Smart" prosthetic legs can ...

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 ...

If the inner socket of a prosthetic leg doesn't conform to the contours of the user's leg stump, considerable pain and even skin ulcers may result. A new prosthesis should help keep that from ...

"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 ...

Mike Schultz first made his own prosthetic leg in 2010. Now, his company BioDapt provides equipment to other elite para athletes.

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 ...