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Over 5.6M People Live with Limb Loss and Limb Difference in the US—study
April 17, 2024
Over 5.6 million people in the US live with limb loss and limb difference. This figure is from a white paper titled “Prevalence of Limb Loss and Limb Difference in the United States: Implications for Public Policy,” published in February 2024, just in time for this year’s Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month.
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Next Gen Prostheses Use Biomimetic Signals to Improve Brain-Prosthesis Connection
April 10, 2024
Researchers are making promising progress in designing new prosthetic legs that work more like biological human legs. These advanced prostheses wil...
Researchers are making promising progress in designing new prosthetic legs that work more like biological human legs. These advanced prostheses wil...
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Challenging Weight Prejudice in the Healthcare System
March 20, 2024
Patients with obesity often face weight bias in healthcare settings, where healthcare professionals judge and stigmatize them. To push back against...
Patients with obesity often face weight bias in healthcare settings, where healthcare professionals judge and stigmatize them. To push back against...
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Researchers Develop Technology that Controls Robotic Prosthetic Legs Better
March 04, 2024
The effects of amputation are not limited to physical disability; it often leads to psychological challenges as well. To address this problem, expe...
The effects of amputation are not limited to physical disability; it often leads to psychological challenges as well. To address this problem, expe...
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Research Receives $4M Grant to Make Robotic Prosthetic Hand Similar to Biological Limbs
February 26, 2024
While existing robotic prosthetic hands can help users perform tasks, the downside is that they can be difficult to operate. These devices demand c...
While existing robotic prosthetic hands can help users perform tasks, the downside is that they can be difficult to operate. These devices demand c...
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Medicare Considers Policy Amendments for K2 Amputees
February 17, 2024
Medicare is studying policy changes to offer microprocessor knees (MPKs) coverage to K2-level amputees. The reason behind this policy reform is the...
Medicare is studying policy changes to offer microprocessor knees (MPKs) coverage to K2-level amputees. The reason behind this policy reform is the...
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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...
Engineers from the University of Glasgow have created an electronic skin (e-...
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Surgeon’s Innovative Technique Helps Young Amputee To Walk
May 26, 2021
Dr. Panagiotis Glavas recently performed a new surgical technique in pediatric orthopedic surgery. This new approach allowed a child amputee to walk again.
Dr. Panagiotis Glavas recently performed a new surgical technique in pediatr...