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 ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to restore astoundingly natural movement in people who have had leg amputations above the knee. Rather than fit ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

A new experimental exoskeleton developed by mechanical engineers at the University of Utah’s Bionic Engineering Lab enables an amputee to walk with much less effort, while restoring strength and range ...

INSPIRING STORY TONIGHT. ALL MY LIFE I’VE BEEN ACTIVE. IT’S PART OF HIS DNA. THIS LAST MONDAY WE RODE 35 MILES AT LEAST 90 MILES A WEEK. BEST WAY TO STAY IN SHAPE. WHAT YOU MAY NOT NOTICE AS THE ...

The last reading on Kirstie Ennis's GPS tracker that day in 2019 was 8,648 meters. The summit of Everest is 8,848 meters. Two hundred meters to go: so close, she jokes, "I could throw a rock up there, ...

In May, Hari Budha Magar became the first double above-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest. “It’s my childhood dream actually. I grew up in Nepal up to age of 19 looking up the mountain every day,” ...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Don’t tell Jim Wilkes that he can’t do something. Odds are, he’ll prove you wrong. The Folsom long-distance cyclist is an above-the-knee amputee. A knee injury ...