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 ...

For most people, sensing temperature is second nature. You grab a hot cup of coffee and instinctively pull back if it's too warm. You touch a cold glass of water and immediately register the chill.

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 ...

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 ...

Global Overview of Prosthetics and Orthotics MarketIn 2022, the worldwide market for prosthetics and orthotics was ...

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 ...

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 ...