BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) --A study published by a University of Colorado Boulder researcher last month compared elite-level 400-meter non-amputee sprinters with the fastest amputee sprinters who use ...

A newly developed Robotic Prosthetic Leg by North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina improves amputees' movement to the point that it returns the subject to instinctively ...

Engineers can replicate missing body parts for amputees, but re-creating the abilities of lost limbs is a more complex feat. Advances in engineering are making prostheses more functional and giving ...

FRASER — This month, Fraser resident Lauren “LP” Panasewicz will lead the summit of Cotopaxi, an epic volcanic mountain in Ecuador, along with a group of 16 amputee and non-amputee athletes. This is ...

Artificial limbs look and function more like real limbs than ever before—but that's only helpful if they are used as intended ...

Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin. Many mornings, Dani Clode wakes up, straps a robotic thumb to one of her hands, and gets to ...

Gripping a pencil, throwing a ball, it's stuff most of us take for granted. Thanks to a Valley non-profit, local boy Jacob Taggart, who was born with a deformed hand, is able to do those things for ...