When symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), such as weakness and a loss of muscle mass, start in the limbs, doctors refer to the condition as limb onset ALS. ALS is a progressive condition ...

Despite many advances in medicine, phantom limb pain — pain in a no longer existing or deafferented limb — still occurs in 50–80% of all amputees. Pathological neuronal activity in the residual limb ...

A U.S. Army soldier is participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed testing a neural-enabled prosthetic limb designed to ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Although limb pain is not included as a manifestation of migraine in international headache classifications, children and adults may experience recurrent limb pain as part of the ...

A move to lengthen limbs internally rather than via an external scaffold could reduce the effects of painful treatments, especially among younger patients Screaming woke Lanz Ellingsworth. The ...

Limb replantation is a complex microsurgical procedure that reattaches or "replants" your severed limbs. Most patients need limb replantation within hours of experiencing traumatic injuries. Hand and ...

A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

Knox Gibson believes he's "better off" having one arm and not two. The 14-year-old amputee from the central west of NSW has little memory of his life with two hands and he wouldn't change the ...