Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for ...

A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help them better control their prosthetics. A study published Monday in Nature Medicine ...

With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

The procedure allowed people to walk faster, climb stairs better and avoid obstacles more easily. Hugh Herr and Hyungeun Song In a clinical trial, researchers enabled people with prosthetic legs to ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a ...

State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors ...