Here’s why adding toes could help. The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. Yet, most prosthetic feet on the market a consist of a single blade.

Paralympic long jump champ Markus Rehm’s bid to compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics fell short in July when he could not prove that his carbon-fiber “blade” prosthesis didn’t give ...

Ryan Stark, area clinic manager for Hangar Clinic in Elmira, fitted Serfas with his prosthetic devices. A device set up for running, such as the one worn by Serfas, can cost $5,000 to $25,000, he ...

A group of women from 6 Fit Studios in Canton, Massachusetts gifted Kendra Cucino-D’Allesandro a runner blade, so she can get a sense of normalcy back in her life.

The finding suggests that prosthetic lower limbs and robots' legs could be made more efficient by making them less human-like and more like the prosthetics used by 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius.

With prosthetic limbs designed to look like a human foot, wearing a shoe is no problem. But the unique shape of those carbon fiber prosthetic blades worn by athletes obviously can’t accommodate ...