Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young ...

Some higher-end prosthetic legs are equipped with things like gyroscopes and accelerometers, in order to guide their knee joint through a more natural bending motion. In developing nations ...

Evelyn Bennett recently did something she had not done since November – she walked the aisles of a Wal-Mart with nothing but a shopping cart.This may not seem like much ...

These prosthetics are a big change from traditional models. The knees are designed with a programmable computer that is built in to the joint. This battery powered technology continuously controls ...

In another study of 8 patients, Wong et al. [21] reported that computer-assisted surgery was useful for the planning and execution of joint-preserving tumor resection.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Local nonprofit, Steps of Faith Foundation is helping hundreds of people in Kansas City and across the nation get a prosthetic limb when they overwise couldn't afford it.

During hip or knee replacement surgery, your orthopedic surgeon will replace some or all of your existing joint with artificial parts made of metal, plastic, and/or ceramic.Most total joint surgeries ...

Your Replacement Knee Prosthesis. To create a new knee joint, the ends of the bones forming the joint are surgically removed. They are replaced with parts similar to pieces shown here. The parts of ...