At the heart of this breakthrough is a surgical procedure known as the agonist-antagonist myoneural interface, or AMI. Unlike traditional amputation methods, the AMI reconnects muscles in the residual ...

Close to 800,000 people are living with amputated limbs in Mexico, according to government figures, with some non-profits estimating that number is actually as high as 3 million. Many amputations are ...

Bionic arms are beginning to tap into nerve signals that linger long after a limb is gone, turning the ghost of movement into real, controllable action. Instead of relying on crude muscle twitches or ...

Phantom limb pain affects nearly 40 percent of amputees, often persisting despite medications and therapy. Reconstructive surgeon Shaun Mendenhall, MD, outlines why surgical techniques are now ...

WALBRIDGE, OH (WTOL) - It's been a rough year for 10-year-old Valory Newton from Walbridge. In the spring, WTOL followed the young girl who loves to dance through cancer treatment, surgeries to remove ...

An international research team, including scientists from the Institut de Neurociències at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has developed a new solution to reduce the immune response ...

Demonstration of the robotic prosthetic ankle. Electromyographic sensors (on calf at left) capture electrical activity generated by muscles when they are flexed. This signal tells the prosthesis which ...

This macro-sieve electrode developed by Dan Moran's lab at Washington University in St. Louis may allow upper-limb amputees who used motorized prosthetic devices to feel various sensations through the ...

A new surgical technique for below-the-knee amputations retains a person’s ability to receive sensory feedback from remaining muscles. Having a prosthetic leg driven by an amputee’s own nervous system ...