A Portsmouth woman said her life has been changed thanks to a new bionic foot.Connie Nason, 45, is the first person in New Hampshire to be fitted with a new type of prosthetic called the Elan.Fifteen ...

March 2, 2006 German scientists have developed a new type of prosthetic foot that imitates the natural walking motion so convincingly that you have to take a second look to realize its user is wearing ...

How much of your research is informed by your own personal experience? All of it. On a very basic level, I am acutely aware as a user of prostheses of the importance of good design. If you put out bad ...

Over the span of a year, 17-year-old Ashley Kimbel went from being a regular teen at Grissom High School in Alabama to a hero for a retired Marine. When the budding engineer met Kendall Bane, a ...

The direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation are described in a new article. In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers ...