New technology called "Ottobock Empower" is changing the game for amputees. At Hartford HealthCare, the advanced equipment is ...

Jeff Glasbrenner completed the Seven Summits, becoming what many say is the first below-the-knee amputee in the United States ...

Fifteen of this latter group had to have a below-the-knee amputation after a transmetatarsal amputation wound failed to heal, and 7 after a toe-amputation site failed to heal. In 1 case, ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Incoming East Carolina University freshman Parker Byrd underwent a successful below-the-knee amputation Thursday evening, his mother announced. Byrd has now undergone eight ...

SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality in humans (World Health Organization, 2002). Clinicians and researchers have identified several risk factors of CVD to screen out the ...

QUANTICO, Va. (Army News Service, June 26, 2015) -- Above-the-elbow amputee Sgt. 1st Class Michael Smith has no regrets about being injured in 2011. "It was probably the best thing that could have ...

When Tracey White started feeling pain in her right foot after a half marathon in the spring of 2021, she thought it was just normal soreness from the race. But the ailments kept escalating. In May ...