A start-up company in San Diego is creating artificial limbs with a 3D printer. They say their digital system can be a cheaper, faster way to customize prosthetics. KPBS science and technology ...

There are more than 2 million people living with an amputation in the United States, with about 400 being added daily. For many of them, prostheses or artificial limbs are a part of their lives, and ...

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would ...

Staff Sgt. Andre Murnane, ARNG, became the first National Guard Special Forces soldier to jump with a prosthesis on August 1, 2010. Future prostheses could open new doors for injured soldiers, ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. In the 1880s ...

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have identified a critical gap in how post-amputation pain is evaluated and treated.

Novel artificial intelligence research at New Jersey Institute of Technology, funded by a $40,000 grant from the American ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Limb Prosthetics Market by Type (Upper Limb Prosthetics and Lower Limb Prosthetics), by Technology (Conventional Prosthetic Devices, Electric ...

There is no definitive cause of the limb difference — Darrach’s genetic screening came back clean — though it was ...

1. Background： With the increasing aging population, high incidence of chronic diseases, and the growing number of congenital or acquired foot deformities, lower limb dysfunction and abnormal gait ...