State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don't give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors and controllers that ...
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When a farmer or rancher is injured on the job, there's an 11 percent chance that an amputation will occur. That's two and a half times more likely than in any other industry.
Jul 19, 2012
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A research team at Tulane University will report this week that the application of high levels of oxygen to a severed bone facilitates bone regrowth, study results that may one day hold promise for injured soldiers, diabetics ...
Apr 23, 2012
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Between 2005 and 2014, the number of veterans who were hospitalized, required amputation or died due to critical blockages in leg arteries declined, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular ...
Feb 13, 2020
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Performed early—at the time of amputation—a procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) can reduce pain scores and prevent complications related to abnormal nerve regrowth, suggests a new study in the journal ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced the St. Jude survivorship portal—the first data portal for sharing, analyzing and visualizing pediatric cancer survivorship data.
Apr 9, 2024
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