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From:AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 60, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn 1995, seven men from Iraq had their right hands surgically amputated under the regime of Saddam Hussein. The men have lived with the shame, that is associated with missing a right hand in their culture, since that...
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From:BiomechanicsByline: Anthony R. Edwards Twice in the month of June male lower extremity amputees broke world records for the 100 m sprint. Earle Conner of Calgary first lowered the above-knee mark to 12.14 seconds on June 1 at...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 94, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground and Purpose. Community mobility of individuals following lower limb amputation is highly variable and has a great impact on their quality of life. Currently, clinical assessments of ambulatory ability and...
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From:Progress in Health Sciences (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedUsually articles on the history of amputation of limbs, focus on the surgeons, techniques and on the artificial limbs. Some people after amputation of limbs, survived even before the introduction of antibiotics,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground Hand-transplantation and improvements in the field of prostheses opened new frontiers in restoring hand function in below-elbow amputees. Both concepts aim at restoring reliable hand function, however, the...
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From:Nature Medicine (Vol. 25, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed
Sensory feedback restoration in leg amputees improves walking speed, metabolic cost and phantom pain
Conventional leg prostheses do not convey sensory information about motion or interaction with the ground to above-knee amputees, thereby reducing confidence and walking speed in the users that is associated with high... -
From:Corrections Caselaw QuarterlySchmidt v. Odell, 64 F.Supp.2d 1014 (D.Kan. 1999). A former county jail inmate, a double amputee without legs from a point below his knees, brought a civil rights action against jail officials asserting claims under the...
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From:BiomechanicsAbout six years ago, a flashy article in the British tabloid News of The World caught the eye of a young amputee named Wayne Peel. The sensational headline read: "News of the World Campaign: Help Build Our First...
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From:BiomechanicsThe Prosthetic Profile of the Amputee (PPA) as a clinical follow-up questionnaire is a reliable and valid method for practitioners who want to measure factors related to prosthetic use and the actual use of the lower...
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From:Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 56, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAims: To evaluate the association between cytomegalovirus (CMV) or Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the development of accelerated atherosclerotic lesions in patients with diabetes who are known to have an impaired...
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From:BiomechanicsByline: Anthony R. Edwards While much attention is focused on the plight of European and Afghani land mine victims and amputees, the Northern California-based Burmese Refugee Care Project (BRCP) seeks to help...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 38, Issue 6)When Dr. Kellie Lim was an 8-year-old growing up in suburban Detroit, she acquired a case of bacterial meningitis so severe that one physician put her chances of survival at 15%. The infection claimed both of her...
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From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 24, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedEDGAR J.G. PETERS [1,2] MICHAEL R. CHILDS [1] ROBERT P. WUNDERLICH [3] LAWRENCE B. HARKLESS [1] DAVID G. ARMSTRONG [4] LAWRENCE A. LAVERY [3] OBJECTIVE -- It is reasonable to predict that...
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From:Health and Social Work (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSocial workers in a rehabilitation hospital established an outreach service through which volunteers with previous amputations visited patients with recent amputations, acting as role models and offering emotional...
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From:Journal of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY This study reviewed the patterns of lower-limb amputations and evaluated the rehabilitation problems faced by the patients at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedStride-to-stride fluctuations of joint kinematics during walking reflect a highly structured organization that is characteristic of healthy gait. The organization of stride-to-stride fluctuations is disturbed in...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBody Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) is a non-psychotic condition wherein individuals desire amputation or paralysis of one or more healthy, fully-functioning limbs (predominantly the legs). Individuals with BIID...
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From:BiomechanicsByline: Jordana Bieze Foster A significant majority of elderly below-knee amputees with diabetes chose a combination foot-ankle featuring a multi-axis ankle, according to a study from the University of Texas Health...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 93, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground. Self-report measures of balance and multidimensional mobility assessments are common for people with a leg amputation, yet clinical assessment of balance ability remains less explored. The Berg Balance Scale...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 94, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground. People with lower limb amputations frequently have impaired balance ability. The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) has excellent psychometric properties for people with neurologic disorders and elderly people...