Chennai, Sep 23 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday said it has developed a microprocessor-controlled knee (MPK) which is ten times cheaper against imported ones. According ...

Donald Crosby, injured by a gunshot wound during combat in the Vietnam War, has worn a prosthetic leg since 1971, so he can attest to how much better prostheses are now compared with then. “The very ...

WORCESTER - Sister Maureen Lewis has been saying her prayers standing up or sitting down since her right leg was amputated in November 2015, but with her new microprocessor knee, her prosthetists at ...

A bionic knee is transforming lives. Researchers with the Hanger Clinic say it’s allowing people with a shorter built height access to microprocessor technology. Albert Guzman, 28, from Coconut Grove, ...

You probably don’t want to lose a leg, but if you have to there are many options now that were unthinkable not long ago. That is, if you can afford them. A microprocessor knee — a prosthetic with some ...

A microprocessor-controlled knee (MPK) which is ten times cheaper against imported ones has been developed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). A microprocessor-controlled knee (MPK) which ...

Abstract: The human knee plays a crucial role in gait. Because of that, the biomechanics of transfemoral amputees is severely affected due to lower-limb loss. In the past few years, many researchers ...

Abstract: Every year, over 1 million emergency room visits and 1.9 million visits to primary care physicians are due to knee pain; knee pain results in a knee flexion contracture (functional loss of ...

Glasgow has one of the highest global rates of asbestos-induced cancer, mesothelioma. Dr Margaret McCartney on prospects for better treatment for this most deadly of cancers. Show more About six ...