About 75 percent of amputees exhibit mobility of their phantom limb. Using this information, in collaboration with physicians, researchers from CNRS and Aix-Marseille University have developed a prototype capable of detecting ...
Nov 29, 2018
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The famous idiom "seeing is believing" is not enough to help amputees with the use of their prosthetic limb. Many amputees opt out of prolonged use of their prosthetic limb because their perception of their missing limb simply ...
Aug 14, 2018
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When a person loses a hand to amputation, nerves that control sensation and movement are severed, causing dramatic changes in areas of the brain that controlled these functions. As a result, areas of the brain devoted to ...
May 24, 2017
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The human ankle and foot have 26 bones, 33 joints, and 100 tendons, ligaments and muscles between them, making the lower leg one of the most complex parts of the body. Creating a prosthetic that mimics the behavior of so ...
Apr 26, 2017
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Researchers have found that the nerve cells (neurons) controlling sensation and movement of the hands show injury-induced changes for years after hand amputation, reattachment or transplant. The small study, the first of ...
Apr 12, 2017
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New research suggests that upper limb amputees, who typically struggle to learn how to use a new prosthesis, would be more successful if fellow amputees taught them. Most usually learn by watching a non-amputee demonstrate ...
Jun 24, 2016
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New research suggests that upper limb amputees, who typically struggle to learn how to use a new prosthesis, would be more successful if fellow amputees taught them. Most usually learn by watching a non-amputee demonstrate ...
Oct 8, 2015
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A new device could help to relieve the pain and discomfort experienced by thousands of amputees as a result of poorly fitting replacement lower limbs. Researchers have been awarded Biomedical Catalyst funding to develop a ...
Apr 15, 2014
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When use of a dominant hand is lost by amputation or stroke, a patient is forced to compensate by using the nondominant hand exclusively for precision tasks like writing or drawing. Presently, the behavioral and neurological ...
Mar 12, 2014
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An intriguing, technological watershed is fast approaching for athletics—that defining moment when an athlete with artificial limbs shatters an "able-bodied" world record.
Dec 12, 2013
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