A group of MIT and Brown researchers and engineers have debuted a prosthetic foot that propels the user forward using “tendon-like springs and an electric motor,” meaning it is even more like the real ...

Humotech, a Pittsburgh-based pioneer in wearable robotics and mobility innovation, has launched a clinical pilot with ēlizur, a leading orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) provider.

One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science ...

(FORT COLLINS, Colo) — When Garrison Hayes was only six years old, his life took a sudden turn when doctors discovered osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in his left leg. His options were limited, and led to ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich and a company called SensArs have developed a new interface to connect a leg prosthesis with the residual nerves left in the thigh of two patients who had an above the knee ...

An artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say. "For amputees, what they experience when they're trying to walk ...

Triumph's caretaker at a wildlife rescue center in Australia had been searching for a prosthetic foot for years. A local dentist figured out how to make one. Triumph is loving his new pink foot. Good ...

RIVERTON, Kan. - If there's one thing Kyle Clark hates about football, it's getting hit so hard that it knocks his socks off. And his foot - the left one. "That's happened once or twice," the Riverton ...