An engineering professor hopes to develop an alternative below-knee prosthesis capable of actively powering the ankle joint for amputees. Most people probably do not spend much time contemplating the ...

It didn't take long for him to realize his new metal knee, which worked fine for walking around in everyday life, was not cooperating once he mounted his bike. It wasn't durable or agile enough to ...

Amputees have been outfitted with a prosthesis that is integrated with muscle and bone. The new creation allows patients to walk faster and avoid obstacles better than they could with past prostheses.

A medially conforming ball-and-socket articulation prosthesis produced better SF-36 physical component and Total Knee Function Questionnaire scores than a posterior stabilized total knee prosthesis, ...