In July of 2015 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a new proposed Local Coverage Determination (LCD DL33787) that would severely limit or eliminate payment for lower extremity ...

SWOYERSVILLE — For below-the-knee amputee Brian Bonnerwith, it’s all about quality of life. Bonnerwith, 46 of Forty Fort, lost part of his left leg due to a popletiel aneurysm three years ago, but to ...

Amputees enrolled in Medicare might see delays in obtaining new prosthetic lower limbs, as well as limits placed on higher-tech prostheses. Those changes, part of a proposed federal rule, would be a ...

Researchers have been looking at the impact of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running, specifically looking at whether athletes with prosthesis are at an unfair advantage when running against ...

A powered prosthetic leg that predicts when the wearer is about to take steps on flat or inclined surfaces, or climb stairs, helped improve prosthesis control in a small new study. The control system, ...

The finding is the first to validate the test as a tool to measure performance for lower-limb amputees using bone-anchored prostheses. The study was published recently in the Journal of Bone & Joint ...

Our experts will help you find the best and most appropriate prosthesis (artificial body part) for you — whether you are missing a limb or have multiple amputations. We collaborate with prosthetists ...

With a wrench in hand, Andrea Modica makes a final adjustment to the gleaming metallic joint on the prosthetic leg strapped to his left thigh. He stands and walks a few steps along the neon-lit ...

When an arm or other extremity is amputated or lost, a prosthetic device, or prosthesis, can play an important role in rehabilitation. For many people, an artificial limb can improve mobility and the ...

Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"—a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at ...