This week we are going to discuss one of the most important roles of the physical therapist in the clinic. That is training the patient to walk in a prosthesis for the lower extremity. Whether the ...

The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...

This week we are going to discuss something which we have not discussed before—the physical therapist’s intervention in training when a patient receives a prosthesis for an amputated lower extremity.

A prosthetic man who can move to the fingertip just by thinking that a person who has lost his arms wants to move like thisJohns Hopkins UniversityOn December 17, 2014, a man without a first shoulder ...