Rehabilitation/Prosthetics/Plastic Surgery

Kristin Garlanger, DO, of the Mayo Clinic, is this year's winner of the Ernest Bors, MD Award for Scientific Development, the journal's annual award for best article by a young investigatorCredit: Mayo Clinic East Hanover, NJ.…

Patients who attend 'Heart School', as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live longer than non-participating patients. This is shown in a new study, by researchers at Uppsala University, published…

Researchers around the world share their stunning images and insights: The open source mesoSPIM InitiativeCredit: mesospim.org Wyss Center, Geneva, Switzerland - The secret of capturing exquisite brain images with a new…

Trained at the University of Tromsø (Norway) and recruited at the Laboratory of Plasma Physics (CNRS/Ecole polytechnique/Observatoire de Paris/Université Paris-Sud/Sorbonne Université), Ane Aanesland, a CNRS researcher, is currently…

EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands - in particular for amputees - that combines individual finger control and automation for improved grasping and manipulation. This interdisciplinary…

The National Institutes of Health awarded a $3,547,908 grant to Karen Nolan, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, of Kessler Foundation to study effects of early post stroke intervention with a progressive robot-assisted gait interventionCredit:…

Neurofeedback for leg prosthesesCredit: ETH Zurich / Stanisa Raspopovic While walking, people with intact legs feel when they move their knee or when their feet touch the ground. The nervous system constantly draws on sensory feedback of…

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report featuring Project E3: Educate, Empower, Employ, a comprehensive program serving communities with the deepest poverty and lowest employment in the USCredit: Kessler Foundation…

Sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls has ability to sense pressure, temperature, hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data through wristwatchCredit: Purdue University/Chris Adam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -…

Credit: University of Montana MISSOULA - University of Montana Assistant Professor Richard Willy is the lead author on a paper that offers new guidelines for treating patellofemoral pain, often known as "runner's knee."…