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Prosthetic Guides

Amputee Life is an informative, researched blog written by medical professionals including amputees and prosthetists.

You’re on a journey to live your best life. And we’re right there with you.

How you feel and how your prosthesis performs affects every single day of your life, which is why you work so hard to perform at your highest level. We’re here to support, guide, and inform you through your journey.  We go into depth, cut through the medical jargon with straightforward, expert-reviewed articles — all designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself and the people you love.

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The new highly-sensitive e-skin allows robots to feel pain.

E-skin Enables Robots To Feel Pain, May Improve Future Prosthetic Limbs

July 27, 2022

Engineers from the University of Glasgow have created an electronic skin (e-skin) that could behave like natural human skin. The highly sensitive e-skin makes it capable of relaying information about the environment in the blink of an eye. It can also register pain. This development could improve prosthetic limbs by providing prosthetic users w...

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  • Three studies are poised to revolutionize the way amputees use prosthetic limbs with the help of AI.

    3 AI Prosthetic Developments to Watch Out For

    June 15, 2022

    There is no shortage in prosthetic technology developments. But among the many, we have picked out three promising projects that use artificial in...

    There is no shortage in prosthetic technology developments. But among the many, we have picked out three promising projects that use artificial in...

  • A new study aims to understand a prosthesis user's mobility better.

    Do You Think About Every Step? A Study Looks for a Better Way

    May 31, 2022

    For many lower-limb prosthesis users, thinking about their every step is a part of life. However, this puts them at a higher risk of tripping and ...

    For many lower-limb prosthesis users, thinking about their every step is a part of life. However, this puts them at a higher risk of tripping and ...

  • The Government Accountability Office will evaluate the barriers for assistive technology.

    GAO to Evaluate Barriers for Assistive Technologies

    March 17, 2022

    Back in 2020, we wrote about the introduction of the Access to Assistive Technology and Devices for Americans Study Act, a.k.a. the Triple A Study...

    Back in 2020, we wrote about the introduction of the Access to Assistive Technology and Devices for Americans Study Act, a.k.a. the Triple A Study...

  • A study found that prosthetic legs for running don't give adaptive athletes unfair advantage over non-amputee athletes.

    Prosthetic Legs Don’t Give Athletes Unfair Advantage—study

    March 15, 2022

    Specialized prosthetic legs for running have enabled athletes with bilateral leg amputations to surpass the qualifying standards for the Olympic 4...

    Specialized prosthetic legs for running have enabled athletes with bilateral leg amputations to surpass the qualifying standards for the Olympic 4...

  • Scientists at Tufts University successfully regrow frogs' amputated limbs.

    Scientists Regrow Frogs’ Amputated Limbs

    February 18, 2022

    Although some creatures, like lizards, starfish, and crabs, can fully regenerate some lost limbs, African clawed frogs, like humans, cannot. Howev...

    Although some creatures, like lizards, starfish, and crabs, can fully regenerate some lost limbs, African clawed frogs, like humans, cannot. Howev...

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