“Our study showed no difference in function between the reconstructed and the prosthetic replacement,” Paley said. “A Syme’s amputation with prosthetic replacement gives nearly normal func ...

To allow her to wear a prosthetic, doctors recommended she undergo a Syme amputation – which involves cutting away the front of the foot and leaving the heel pad. Charlotte said: ‘She used to ...

A test developed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus that measures both prosthetic donning time and ...

The most viable treatment for this condition is a Syme amputation. So ... she received her first prosthesis. It was not an easy time for us, as it wouldn’t be for any mother and daughter ...

Anschutz Medical Campus, US, have developed the Colorado Limb Donning-Timed Up and Go (COLD-TUG) test that measures both the ...

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 ...

Amputation is the first step toward a prosthesis. The best thing is to talk to the patient and the surgical team before the operation to define the best level of amputation." One of the essential ...

Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid obstacles, and climb stairs more naturally than people with a traditional amputation. State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with ...