Tag: Science & Technology

Heating the polymer allowed the e-whiskers to rise and become three-dimensional. Photograph courtesy of UT Dallas. Researchers at the University of ...

Naked Prosthetics, Olympia, Washington, has been named 1 of 13 medical technologies that are changing lives by Business Insider. Naked ...

The Amputee Coalition's Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship and Christina Skoski, MD, Scholarship have been awarded for 2018. Madelyn Hubbs ...

  End-of-life healthcare spending in the United States is not wasteful, a new study says; many recipients of such expenditures ...

A team of engineers at Johns Hopkins University has created an electronic skin that will enable individuals with amputations to ...

Sasser tests the prosthetic ankle. Photograph courtesy of Vanderbilt University. The Vanderbilt University lab of Michael Goldfarb, PhD, has completed ...

Researchers at Stanford University and Seoul National University, Korea, have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the ...

Researchers placed EMG sensors on the forearms of able-bodied volunteers, tracking neuromuscular signals as they performed various actions.Photograph courtesy of ...

College Park Industries, Warren, Michigan, and its company, Liberating Technologies, Holliston, Massachusetts, have received three grant awards from the U.S. ...

A study conducted at the University of California, Davis, used surface EMG sensors placed on participants' lower legs to test ...

Eight amputees will embark on a three-day trek across Sydney May 24-26. Some participants have undergone osseointegration surgery, while the ...

The trial will test functionality, gauge the effect on the children's quality of life, and determine how they use the ...

Researchers at the Rome-based Italian Institute of Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, IIT) and Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (Istituto Nazionale ...

Hanger, Austin, Texas, has launched MIGO, a virtual reality experience designed for people with limb loss and limb difference. The ...

The Lemelson-MIT Program named 14 winners of the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize on April 10. Tyler Clites, a Massachusetts Institute ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has selected Nicole Ver Kuilen as the recipient of ...

Researchers at The Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a new treatment technique that could reduce the need for amputations ...

Max Ortiz Catalan, PhD, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, who conducts research using augmented reality to reduce phantom limb ...

Weight training or cardio? For older adults trying to slim down, pumping iron might be the way to go. Photograph ...

Pixelated electronics built with skin-like materials conform to the complex curves of a hand. Image by L.A. Cicero courtesy of ...

Photograph of the e-skin courtesy of CU Boulder. Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder have developed a new ...

People may be more likely to stick to exercise if they walk in groups, according to a paper published in ...

An open-access case study, published January 3 in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, addressed the prosthetic needs of a forensic pathologist who ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) have received $500,000 of a combined $7.5 ...

Education is the key to getting patients to share their medical records electronically with healthcare providers, according to a study ...

Knowledge about the use of 3D-printed transitional prostheses for children is limited as it relates to changes in function and ...

The Hanger Charitable Foundation, Austin, Texas, has completed its second round of 2017 grant awards, giving $56,500 to six nonprofit organizations, as ...

Researchers conducted a study to test powered robotic devices among people with transfemoral amputations in more challenging real-world situations, such as when ...

People with amputations in the United States are facing a "tech gap" in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the Schriever Air Force Base community is reminded to observe the ...

In an attempt to develop affordable socket fabrication techniques that require little or no prosthetic skill for people living with ...

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Coapt, Chicago, and WillowWood, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, have formed a partnership to develop an upper-limb prosthetic liner that will combine ...

The Cheetah prosthetic running blade, developed by Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, is featured in an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy ...

Americans extol price shopping for healthcare, yet few actually do it when given the means to, according to the findings ...

Despite growing data that more advanced technology reduces falls and improves physical capabilities among patients with transfemoral amputations, patients with ...

Image courtesy of ROMP.   The Range of Motion Project (ROMP) announced a climbing challenge during July for their organization ...

Heat and sweating in the prosthetic socket are among the most frequently reported problems experienced by people with amputations. To ...

Remember the simple joy of zipping around the yard in a toy car? Every kid should have that experience, and ...

By using virtual reality (VR) it is possible to create a simulated experience of being present in a 3D world ...

Freedom Innovations, Irvine, California, unveiled an educational branch of the company dedicated to providing live trainings, webinars, and online courses ...

A new surgical technique devised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to feel more like ...

Photograph courtesy of Texas A&M College of Engineering. A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M ...

Eric M. Miller, a sophomore mechanical engineering major at Pennsylvania State (Penn State) Berks qualified for the American Society of ...

Photograph courtesy of Resnik. Linda Resnik, PhD, PT, an associate professor (research) in the Department of Health Services, Policy and ...

Robert Smith, PhD. Image courtesy of Robert Smith, PhD. Bacteria are everywhere, but despite widespread belief, not all bacteria are ...

Zheng Chen, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Wichita State University (WSU), ...

Self-efficacy refers to a personal judgment about being able to succeed in reaching a desired outcome. Prosthetic rehabilitation is primarily ...

Driving is an example of when the patients benefit from osseoperception. Photograph by Susanne Lindholm, courtesy of Chalmers. A team ...