Patients with lower limb amputation experience ambulation disorders since they rely exclusively on visual information in addition to the tactile information they receive from stump–socket interface.

A non-optimal prosthesis integration into an amputee’s body schema suggests some important functional and health consequences after lower limb amputation. These include low perception of a prosthesis ...

How can doctors or researchers conduct cardiopulmonary exercise testing in individuals with lower limb injuries or disabilities that make it impossible to pedal a stationary exercise bicycle for the ...

Technology developed at Case Western Reserve University can restore a sense of touch that makes a prosthetic hand feel like a part of one’s own body instead of feeling artificial and disconnected. Now ...

The finding is the first to validate the test as a tool to measure performance for lower-limb amputees using bone-anchored prostheses. The study was published recently in the Journal of Bone & Joint ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The primary obstacle in prosthetic integration is not mechanical but biological. When a limb is amputated, the ...

Objective To investigate the prognostic capacity of individual hop tests, hop test batteries and other unilateral functional performance tests following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Design ...

Objective Examine the effectiveness and unintended consequences of prevention strategies for reducing female/woman/girl athletes’ lower extremity (LE) injuries. Design Systematic review with ...