A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

A new bionic knee allows amputees to walk faster, climb stairs more easily, and adroitly avoid obstacles, researchers reported in the journal Science. The new prothesis is directly integrated with the ...

Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...

ADDIE MEINERS SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A FUTURISTIC MOVIE. SO NOW I GET IN HER LOOK AT THE APP AND I GO, OKAY, WELL MY RANGE OF MOTION LAST WEEK WAS 48%. I’M UP TO 52% ...

MIT researchers have introduced a groundbreaking bionic knee designed to significantly improve mobility for people with above-the-knee amputations. The innovation allows for smoother walking, easier ...

Kicking a ball or climbing stairs with ease after a leg amputation above the knee is now within reach. Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee ...

HILLSBORO -- A third of Americans have chronic knee pain with the most common being osteoarthritis. That's a wearing away of the knee's cartilage. But a new device called Bionicare gives patients an ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

MANCHESTER-- Within a year or so, Jack Daly's left knee should work about as well as the knee of most 50 year olds, as long as he remembers to keep it charged. Daly, a truck driver who lost both his ...