Founded first at Ohio State, the Accessible Prosthetics Initiative is a nonprofit organization working to support amputees through education of amputee experiences and development of prosthetics.

Amputees experiencing painful phantom limb sensations may be able to find some relief in a novel therapeutic approach incorporating visual and tactile sensory technologies. In recent paper published ...

In a breakthrough approach that combines virtual reality and artificial tactile sensations, two amputees feel as though their prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. Moreover, the scientists show ...

Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature ...

BEFORE MAKING WHAT CAN BE AN EXPENSIVE CHOICE. I WAS IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT RIGHT NEAR THE ZOO, CHRISTINA KENNY BECAME AN AMPUTEE AFTER A CRASH IN 2013, JUST AFTER HAVING HER DAUGHTER. I THINK THIS ...

This is the second part of a photo series about a Ukrainian war-wounded amputee. Click here to see part one. Sgt. Mykhailo "Misha" Varvarych, a Ukrainian 80th Airborne Assault Brigade commander, ...

Prosthetic limbs have come a really long way from being peg legs, hooks, and whatnot. The most advanced ones right now are often imbued with advanced robotics, which offer far more function and a ...

Aug. 15 (UPI) --Researchers have determined a method to help amputees be convinced that a prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. In a scientific collaboration led by the Federal Institute of ...