With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

Although he hates to admit it, Lincoln High track coach Bob White might go a bit easier on his sprinters now that he's been reminded of just how difficult is to run. "This?" he said, referring to the ...

ROYSTON, Ga. - At 16 months, Bentley is one of the youngest amputees in physical therapy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, but he is also one of the most determined. "He's ...

Cammie, a young camel whose front leg was chopped off by a landlord in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, left her caregivers emotional as she walked for the first time on a prosthetic leg. "I ...

State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors ...