This week we are going to discuss one of the most important roles of the physical therapist in the clinic. That is training the patient to walk in a prosthesis for the lower extremity. Whether the ...

This week we are going to discuss something which we have not discussed before—the physical therapist’s intervention in training when a patient receives a prosthesis for an amputated lower extremity.

Controlling a robotic arm, a prosthetic hand or a rehabilitation device is harder than it looks. Picking up an egg, for ...

Controlling a robotic arm, a prosthetic hand, or a rehabilitation device is harder than it looks. Picking up an egg, for example, requires just the right amount of force: too little and it falls, too ...

Meghalaya launched a two-day 3D prosthetic training programme in Shillong and fitted artificial limbs for 12 amputees. The ...

A prototype 3D-printed myoelectric prosthetic hand developed in Japan successfully passed a test by an upper-arm amputee, performing a series of intricate finger motions with more than 90% accuracy.