A Nebraska amputee is one of the first civilians to be fitted with a high-tech, waterproof prosthetic leg developed by the military.A June motor vehicle accident took Andrew Rogge’s leg. At first the ...

Fabrizio Passetti, an amputee surfer from Italy, couldn't stop grinning when he saw his new prosthetic leg. "The feeling is good," Passetti said inside the Channel Islands Prosthetics-Orthotics office ...

Darkest days right there at the beginning of doubt,” reflected David “Davey” Lind, a retired Marine reflecting on his tour in ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) — Jake Hamitt teaches wounded war heores how to surf. Now, he needs help himself. The Army special operator and recent amputee lost his prosthetic leg during a surfing session ...

Born with a rare birth defect, Brooks Raney had his leg amputated as a newborn, but that didn't slow him down. At 13 months, he began walking with a prosthetic leg something that would change the ...

A Chinese amputee who earned the nickname “Iron Leg Man” has shared the designs of his customized high-tech prosthetic leg so that other amputees can improve their artificial limbs. Liang Kaiyu, 30, ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- For the first time ever, doctors have developed an artificial leg that is controlled by the person's thoughts. And it happened here at the Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago (RIC).

For prosthetic legs to really allow amputees to regain their freedom of movement, they’ll need to be lightweight, mimic the natural mechanics of a human leg, and be self-powered and therefore ...

The military veteran, who lost his leg after an IED exploded, adopted a dog who had lost its leg A military veteran from Tennessee who lost his leg after an IED explosion found a new best friend after ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 16, 2014) -- For most Americans, the 21st birthday is life-changing in one sense only, and a trivial one at that -- they can purchase alcohol. For Edward Lychik, who turned 21 ...

A Long Island amputee says a local hospital literally left her without a leg to stand on. Sue Grube, 62, of Westhampton Beach, claims in a new lawsuit that a pair of security guards broke her ...