The direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation are described in a new article. In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an option for patients who have trouble with the standard socket leg prosthetics that are typically used for those with above-the-knee amputation.

Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

The average additional cost in the six months following a fall for transfemoral amputee patients requiring an emergency department visit was $18,000. For patients who had to be hospitalized, this ...

Above-knee sockets came in two basic varieties: the square, quadrilateral socket; or the rounded plug socket with no contouring. These sockets tended to fit loosely, allowed the residual limb to move ...

D-Rev, an award-winning US NGO – a non-profit product development company, has launched its ReMotion Knee for the Indian market. The ReMotion Knee is D-Rev’s fourth product to reach the market, and ...

Above-the-knee amputees would find it easier to walk with prosthetics inspired by ostrich legs rather than ones designed to look like human legs, according to a study by the Wellcome Trust and the ...

We herein describe a case of erectile dysfunction in a young previously potent amputee, associated with site-specific compression injury from a perineal weight-bearing lower extremity above-knee ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation. In ...