The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an option for patients who have trouble with the standard socket leg prosthetics that are typically used for those with above-the-knee amputation.

Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

Ask any amputee what the most important aspect of their prosthetic limb is, and most will tell you their prosthetic socket. The socket is an intimate fitting connection between the patient and the ...

Smart, Customizable Prothetic Socket—Knee Joint Type. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institution under the ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. (April 22, 2010) -- From developing a new microprocessor-controlled prosthetic leg to a non-chafing socket device, the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center here is ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to restore astoundingly natural movement in people who have had leg amputations above the knee. Rather than fit ...

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 ...

If the inner socket of a prosthetic leg doesn't conform to the contours of the user's leg stump, considerable pain and even skin ulcers may result. A new prosthesis should help keep that from ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first implant system marketed in the U.S. for adults who ...