Run supports Noelle Lambert donate prostheses
Paralympian Noelle Lambert competes in the 100-meter dash. She is one of the fastest in the world in the event but didn’t lace up to race until recently. She said …
Limb Prosthetics
Prosthetics – replacement of lost or irreversibly damaged body parts with artificial substitutes – prostheses
The prosthetic funding model is outdated and unfair
After months in a wheelchair, Angela Oakley is walking again, slowly descending the front steps of her parents’ house in Edmonton’s Highlands neighbourhood as she makes her way to a …
Doctors use woman’s foot as knee to keep her prosthetic in place
Jessica Quinn has been a fighter all her life. It’s this fighting spirit that has kept her going and allowed her to remain positive despite various challenges. She was just …
This Boston Marathon bombing survivor is on a mission to give fellow amputees the prosthetic legs insurance won’t cover
When runners cross the finish line during Monday’s 125th Boston Marathon, Heather Abbott will be there cheering them on. For Abbott and her friends, catching a Red Sox game and …
Claudine Humure, of Rwanda, takes a step with her new prosthetic leg
She was orphaned during Rwanda’s genocide and lost much of one of her legs to childhood cancer, but Claudine Humure has dreams of giving back to her once war-torn homeland. …
Study to use video games to help children use prosthetics
The University of Central Florida is teaming up with Orlando Health to launch a national study to see how well video game-based training helps children learn to use prosthetic limbs. …
“We want to increase the mobility and quality of life of people with bionic limbs”
A team of Griffith University researchers is redefining the future of limb loss rehabilitation with a ground-breaking innovation to monitor bionic limb stability. Professor Laurent Frossard from Menzies Health Institute …
Open Bionics opens UK clinic for amputees
Based in Bristol, Open Bionics uses technology such as 3D scanning, 3D modelling, automation, and 3D printing to offer 3D printed sockets to amputees. The clinic received a grant under …
Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs
System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis. For people with amputation who have prosthetic limbs, one of …
Bionic arm advances provide more natural function
New research shows a prosthetic arm that’s rewired to communicate with an amputee’s brain, can restore more natural function and feeling. “We built the system actually using an off-the-shelf prosthetic …
