Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A British amputee has built his own swimming prosthetic using inexpensive parts bought online after learning that a commercial ...

Robotic prosthetics developed by NC State University researchers are helping amputees reduce long-term damage to their bodies ...

It is the first magnetically controlled prosthetic hand that allows amputees to reproduce all movements simply by thinking and to control the force applied when grasping fragile objects. No wires, no ...

Robotic prosthetic ankles that are controlled by nerve impulses allow amputees to move more "naturally," improving their stability, according to a new study from North Carolina State University and ...

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 ...

A newly developed Robotic Prosthetic Leg by North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina improves amputees' movement to the point that it returns the subject to instinctively ...

Bryson was born without both legs below the knee and without his arms below the elbow, but he does not let that hold him back ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in prosthetic sensory feedback. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

Ross Holland discovered a unique way to wear his prosthetic legs by turning the feet backward. "It's so much more comfortable. It's so much easier," said Holland, a 34-year-old. "This kind of fluke ...

Occupational therapist Caoimhe O’Connor had her leg amputated as a child due to a congenital deformity and refuses to let her ...