The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office says it will not be filing criminal charges against a police officer in a ...

Discover how prosthetist Ben Hogan is tackling the global prosthetic crisis by creating durable, low-cost artificial legs ...

The process begins with front- and side-view X-rays and CT scans of the limb. ... Soft Tissue Contouring at the Time of Osseointegrated Implant Reconstruction for Lower Extremity Amputation. Ann Plast ...

His study filled a much-needed gap in current literature that explores patient-identified care priorities, with a focus on individuals with lower limb amputations in low- to middle-income countries ...

Introduction This study was conducted to investigate the incidence and time trend of lower limb amputation (LLA) among people with and without diabetes. Research design and methods This retrospective ...

A new kind of prosthesis depends on carbon fibre and computer chips—and the reëngineering of muscles and bone. Rivka Galchen writes about the surgeon Matthew Carty, who is rethinking ...

Research shows about 85 per cent of all diabetic limb amputations could be prevented with adequate screening and rapid limb-saving treatments. In Canada, that translates to around 6,000 feet.

Novel surgery meets bionics in breakthrough for limb amputation. Story by Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY • 9mo. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time.

Extensive literature has explored the relationship between body posture and lower-limb muscle activation level using surface electromyography (EMG), but it is unknown how these relationships hold ...

There has been increased interest in using residual muscle activity for neural control of powered lower-limb prostheses. However, only surface electromyography (EMG)-based decoders have been ...

Peripheral arterial disease is caused by fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries (also called atherosclerosis) that leads to narrowing of the arteries (also called stenosis) and obstructions in ...