Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

Alex Young from Blandford, Dorset, developed osteomyelitis - a potentially deadly bone infection that caused him severe pain.

Advances in biomechanics and prosthetic engineering have significantly transformed our understanding of running in amputee athletes. The integration of running‐specific prostheses (RSPs) has enabled ...

For active people, a leg amputation does not have to be an obstacle to participating in various sports. How a modern prosthesis can help. Modern, computer-assisted prostheses offer a great deal of ...

When Van Phillips lost his foot in an accident, he decided to design a prosthetic leg that allowed him to keep running. His 1984 invention would revolutionise disability sport. Show more When sport ...

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The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at ...

A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Genoa (Italy), 30 October 2024: Two lower limb prosthetic prototypes developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology) took the podium at Cybathlon 2024, the ...

TOKYO -- Amane Yano, now 18, hears her number being called, and steps out onto a brightly lit catwalk. In the audience sit many fashion magazine writers and people from the entertainment business.

One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis ...