With a wrench in hand, Andrea Modica makes a final adjustment to the gleaming metallic joint on the prosthetic leg strapped to his left thigh. He stands and walks a few steps along the neon-lit ...
Osseointegration (OI), or bone-anchoring, of a prosthesis is a transformative procedure for addressing issues of socket fit among individuals with lower limb loss. Mechanically, the removal of the ...
Kyle Trivisonno is one of the brains at Human Plant Solutions. He's currently working on a project that uses hemp to make prosthetic limbs. “Having something that moves and kind of transitions with ...
A new study published in Science Advances suggests that vibrating small magnets implanted inside the muscles of an amputated ...