A passive prosthetic leg, says 23-year-old amputee Craig Hutto, is always a step behind. But a new leg built by researchers at Vanderbilt University "is only a split-second behind." Hutto, who is 6 ...

Joint replacements improve quality of life for about a million Americans each year. But when those prosthetic joints become ...

Knee replacement surgery gave Lori Trasmondi a chance to walk pain-free. "I had a lot of trouble with my right knee for the past couple of years, and (it got) to the point that it (inhibited) my life, ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both optimize the movement of the prosthetic limb and - for the first time - also ...

Patients who had dental caries or implant placement one year before total knee arthroplasty have more complications, including heart attacks, according to a study published recently in the Journal of ...