With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the calf to allow near-natural movement for those using an advanced ...

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have designed a new prosthetic for below-the-knee amputees that ...

Prosthetic legs can be life-changing. Neo KirchBaby understands this well. She was born with a birth defect, something she explained in a video detailing her journey as a double amputee. Essentially, ...

Since discovering the new method, Ross Holland hasn't gone back to a wheelchair. "The balance was a lot easier, like physically easy, less energy to use to just do basic things," Holland said. "I ...

Cammie, a young camel whose front leg was chopped off by a landlord in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, left her caregivers emotional as she walked for the first time on a prosthetic leg. "I ...