A Montgomery burn victim who lived to tell her story now has a new lease on life.
A new kind of artificial leg not only powers itself, but lets users control it just by thinking about what they want to do, researchers report.
"Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck demonstrate techniques to help you make amazing progress in your walking after having a stroke. Gai...
The bones of newly discovered Homo naledi were made for both climbing trees and walking upright.
If bipedal robots are expected to successfully carry out intended tasks of search and rescue and disaster relief, then scientists and engineers will have to watch the robots' steps. It is built into the situation that the bipedal robots will have to move the operation along without tripping and falling in hazardous terrain.
Regaining mobility after a stroke is often one of the largest and most critical challenges during rehabilitation. The independence to walk on your own not only leads to a higher quality of life, but also increases the body’s chances for a greater range of recuperation. Hemiplegia—the weakening or paralysis of one side of the …
New U.S. Army research suggests that legs could compete with wheels and tracks, leading to a whole new range of unmanned vehicles and combat robots.
The way we walk is very efficient, but runners’ bent-arm bias is not so straightforward
Walking fish, waterfall-climbing cavefish with a tetrapod-like pelvic girdle, and the gene that shapes skates’ gills all supposedly show how legs evolved.
Children with cerebral palsy experience movement disorders that influence gait stability. It is likely that gait stability further decreases when walk…