Ortho-prosthetist Wivine Kavira Mukata, 28, prepares the prosthesis mold for Ajuamungu Kikoba, 17, a patient who came to the Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center for a prosthesis change in Goma, North ...
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Prosthetic hands get identification boost to predict precise grip strength need
Researchers at Guilin University of Electronic Technology in China have developed a new vision-integrated ...
Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...
With two new legs to stand on, Dymtro Dimakrasnovskye put all his effort into making a single step. “The most difficult ever for me was to make that first step,” the 24-year-old, double-leg amputee ...
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 ...
Ross Holland discovered a unique way to wear his prosthetic legs by turning the feet backward. "It's so much more comfortable. It's so much easier," said Holland, a 34-year-old. "This kind of fluke ...
Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what his global travels are like wearing two prosthetic legs. For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking ...
A Woodland woman, who lost her legs due to an infection, is adjusting to new life with prosthetic legs from her community. Wendi Locatelli, mother of three young children, says the infection started ...
EAST MEADOW, Long Island (WPVI) -- He is a model of inspiration and determination, a Marine who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. In fact, 6% of injured veterans are amputees. Dan Lasko ...
Steve Chamberland has made it his life's mission to serve and provide as many kids and adults with high-quality prosthetic legs free of charge through 50 Legs, the nonprofit he founded. "Every kid ...
The young alpaca lost his leg last year but hasn’t let it slow him down. Cowboy was fitted at Friday’s appointment for his second prosthetic leg. Derek Smith, his owner and Co-Owner of Fleecy Friends ...
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Home to thousands of amputees, Israel is no longer missing a school to train prosthetists
School of Prosthetics and Orthotics at ADI Negev rehabilitation village addresses a long-standing need for both patients and ...
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