This week we are going to discuss one of the most important roles of the physical therapist in the clinic. That is training the patient to walk in a prosthesis for the lower extremity. Whether the ...

This week we are going to discuss something which we have not discussed before—the physical therapist’s intervention in training when a patient receives a prosthesis for an amputated lower extremity.

Upper limb amputees, who typically struggle to learn how to use a new prosthesis, would be more successful if fellow amputees taught them, new research suggests. Most usually learn by watching a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- It's not only the wounds from the battlefields that bring patients face to face with artificial limbs. Medical maladies such as diabetes, neuropathies and vehicle and workplace ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

A prototype 3D-printed myoelectric prosthetic hand developed in Japan successfully passed a test by an upper-arm amputee, performing a series of intricate finger motions with more than 90% accuracy.

Neural prostheses have recently shown considerable promise in proof-of-concept animal experiments 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and in human clinical trials 10,11,12,13 for partially restoring motor output in ...