SARASOTA – Left leg strapped snugly into an aging brace, spine curved by an exhausted scourge from another era, diminutive Kathi Coleman is among the last of her kind. She is hard to miss as she ...

SARASOTA – A 72-year-old, widowed polio survivor whose unorthodox swimming style rated a Jan. 31 story in the Herald-Tribune has been blown away by a community determined to keep her moving. “My mouth ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a knee brace with a computer chip inside that can keep people with failing mobility walking. The brace is particularly useful for survivors of polio and people ...

Germán Bermúdez's steps Thursday in his new bionic leg brace were small at first, but marked a giant leap for the orthotics industry in Minnesota. The fitting of the C-Brace, a leg brace utilizing ...

PATERSON — Mariluz Paulino was a toddler taking her first steps when polio left her unable to walk. Her family was too poor to afford a wheelchair, so as a young child she used her arms to drag ...