Researchers have developed a new, data-driven way of fitting prosthetic legs which could lead to better fitting prosthetics, in less time and at a lower cost. The technology has been developed by ...

VA researchers lead national study of female amputee population to prove that more style and variety in prosthetic designs have clinical benefits.

Today I’m stepping inside a prosthetics workshop to shadow a prosthetist and follow the journey from casting a residual limb ...

Adaptive snowboarder Mike Schultz is no ordinary Paralympian–and that’s not just because he won the gold in boardercross earlier this week or because he bore the flag for the United States during the ...

U.S. snowboarder Mike Schultz will compete in Italy’s Paralympics Saturday wearing a prosthetic leg of his own design. So ...

The field of prosthetic socket design is evolving to address the complex interplay between the engineered interface and the biological residual limb. Socket design remains a critical determinant of ...

Mike Schultz concluded his illustrious Paralympic snowboard career in style, swiftly navigating the 600-meter Cortina banked ...

SAGINAW, Mich. — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 1 out of every 10 people who need prosthetics actually has access to them. Ben Hogan, a certified prosthetist and orthotist ...

In A Nutshell For the first time in humans, scientists decoded intended movements across all three joints of a missing leg, ...