TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — On a sun-drenched baseball diamond in Tampa, 15-year-old Zavi slides into position at second base with ...

Abstract: Robotic prostheses can improve walking ability in persons with transfemoral amputations by closely matching kinetics and kinematics of the intact leg during walking. However, achieving this ...

The HSS Osseointegration Limb Replacement Center at Hospital for Special Surgery provides a major advance in amputation reconstruction surgery for amputees who have not tolerated or do not want to use ...

His story that went out to the world after Sunday's interviews is that his disability origin, in Paralympian talk, is symes amputation, double below the ... Later, when he learned to walk in ...

COLD-TUG measures the time in seconds required to put on the prosthesis, get up from a standard chair, walk about 10 feet, turn around, walk back to the chair and sit down. The research team ...

Abstract: In the present work, a biomechanical prosthesis with the acquisition of EMG signals will be designed for patients who have lost their right upper extremity due to a transradial forearm ...

"It's such an amputation. It's like the other guys were saying, you grow up with these people, they are your flesh and blood, they’re with you forever, and then they’re gone," Earl Spencer said.

But in Dallas, two showed up in the stands weeks apart — armed with prosthetic legs, full hearts and beer. Austin Lewis, an avid Stars fan and double amputee, was born with fibular hemimelia.

prosthetic needs, and motivations for socio-economic participation were analyzed in detail. The goal was to create a model that addresses both medical needs and pathways to social inclusion for ...

“I really thought I was going to die. And then I kind of wished I would die because I was in so much pain," Amberly Lago tells PEOPLE of her gruesome accident Amberly Lago Warning: This story ...

A three-year-old boy from Sokkanur village near Kinathukadavu in Coimbatore district received a customised prosthetic leg after he underwent an above-knee amputation for his right leg due to a ...

US cooler manufacturer Igloo has expanded a major product recall to 1.2 million units globally, following dozens of injury reports including 26 fingertip amputations linked to its products.