ROYSTON, Ga. - At 16 months, Bentley is one of the youngest amputees in physical therapy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, but he is also one of the most determined. "He's ...
A Georgia sepsis survivor, Natalya Manhertz, defies odds, relearning to walk with prosthetics after a rare infection led to ...
Most dogs her age are slowing down — but not Amira. The 13-year-old senior street dog was rescued from Thailand after surviving a shooting that nearly ended her life. Rescued after a decade on the ...
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 ...
A surgery developed at MIT, called agonist-antagonist myoneural interface (AMI), connects muscle remnants from the shin and the calf to allow near-natural movement for those using an advanced ...
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. NEW. THIS MORNING WE’RE SHARING AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF SURVIVAL. A LOCAL TEEN WHO’S BEEN BATTLING SOME LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL CHALLENGES SAYS HER SPIRIT REMAINS UNBROKEN.
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 ...