More than 45,000 people in England alone use prosthetic limbs, with more than 5,000 people each year having new lower-limb amputations. For these individuals, the interface between their residual limb ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less than a day. This potentially life-changing project combines advances in ...

BYU Global Engineering Outreach students are working with health clinics in Ecuador to provide low-cost prosthetic liner molds to help local prosthetic-wearers. (Made in Canva by Megan Zaugg) Editor's ...

SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

In Jaipur, India, about 150 patients show up every day at an organization that creates low-cost prosthetic limbs for people with mobility problems. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ...