News articles tagged with 'prosthetic'
Scientists create illusion of having 3 arms
— 24 Feb 2011 20:23 | TechnologyHow we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan - in other…
New Pitt projects will test brain computer interfaces for people with spinal cord injury
— 18 Feb 2011 17:41 | HealthResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded funding for two projects that will place brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in patients with spinal cord injuries to test…
Mummies' false toes helped ancient Egyptians walk
— 14 Feb 2011 15:18 | HealthTwo artificial big toes - one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy - may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested…
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
— 17 Feb 2010 11:55 | HealthAn artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say…
Brain-controlled cursor doubles as a neural workout
— 16 Feb 2010 11:38 | HealthHarnessing brain signals to control keyboards, robots or prosthetic devices is an active area of medical research. Now a rare peek at a human brain hooked up to a computer shows that…
New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses
— 5 Nov 2009 13:24 | HealthA study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic…
URI researcher trips amputees in effort to develop improved prosthetic legs
— 16 Sep 2009 11:04 | HealthAgain and again, 71-year-old Marjorie Brasier walked on the treadmill using an instrumented prosthetic leg, and again and again she tripped or slipped. Sometimes she recovered on her…
Practice makes perfect - motor memory possible for neuroprosthetic control
— 21 Jul 2009 11:40 | Biology'Practice makes perfect' is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill - be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. In order to become…
Reading the brain without poking it
— 29 Jun 2009 10:36 | HealthExperimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralysed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke…
Knee replacements: Pinpointing the cause of infection
— 15 Jun 2009 20:59 | HealthA new study reveals that PET scans accurately detect infections in prosthetic knee joints more than 90 percent of the time, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting.…