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| | Body Image: The Lower-Limb Amputee - Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 1997 American Academy of Orthotists & ... |
 | | A significant correlation also was found between body image and life satisfaction, indicating the more negative an amputee feels about his or her body image, the less satisfied he or she is with his or her life. | | | Results of this study support the hypothesis that a relationship exists in lower-limb amputees between their perception of body image and their psychosocial well-being, namely, the degree to which they experience anxiety, depression, self-esteem and life satisfaction. | | | The author hypothesizes if an amputee has a poor perception of his or her disability from a body-image perspective, one might expect a higher degree of anxiety and depression, lower self-esteem and less satisfaction with life. |
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| | inMotion: Amputee Attraction: Devotees and the Amputee World |
| | Like Grant C. Riddell in his book Amputees and Devotees, devotee sites often implore amputees to become more accepting of devotees’ attraction and to make the most of the opportunity to find people who are specifically attracted to their bodies. | | | Where possible amputees should maintain an open mind, while always being mindful of their own emotional and physical safety. | | | It seems clear that many devotees are aware of how their attraction to amputees appears to others, and certainly some devotees act in disturbing or threatening ways. |
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http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/may_jun_02/devotee.html
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| | Amputee On CAll - Help when you need it |
| | If there were a degree form that school, I think I would have a Ph.D. Amputees need to educate the medical profession on the ways that the amputee can benefit form the use of peer counselors. | | | The medical profession does not want the peers of the amputee to tell them the facts, facts that will make their life more productive and satisfying. | | | Many of this profession are no willing to give up control; the control over the amputee is of paramount importance to the doctors. |
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http://www.amputeeoncall.org/shame.html
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| | Amputee Clinic |
| | The focus of the SRC Amputee Clinic is a 3 phase program for the amputee. | | | Physiatrists are doctors (MD or DO) who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation. | | | The Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) Amputee Clinic serves the individual in need of an amputation by providing a full range of rehabilitative services including: |
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http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=8960
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| | Amputee Devotees from Cripworld.com - the Community.. |
| | Devotees are motivated by the desire to be near and to assist and interact with an amputee in a positive manner. | | | These people prey on new amputees and those with low self-esteem and a negative body image. | | | This is especially important with child amps and those who are new amputees. |
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| | Amputee-Information.org |
| | You can help by responding to one of the attached surveys, indicating your experiences as a consumer or provider with amputee programs and progress in coping with problems of limb loss. | | | To provide a forum for persons experiencing limb loss to communicate regarding issues and needs, and at the same time, to become aware of resources available to meet those needs. | | | While researching Body Image of Children with Limb Loss at the University of Illinois, Mary co-founded a support group for families adapting to amputation. |
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| | DefenseLINK News: Amputee Care Center to Open in Texas |
| | It also will include features officials say are aimed at "returning patients to a tactical level of athleticism," such as a running track, bicycles, treadmills, elliptical trainers, climbing and rappelling wall, platforms for patients to practice balance and coordination skills, and a lab for analyzing patients' gaits while wearing prosthetics. | | | Officials said the new facility will help return patients to "the highest level of activity," while providing an opportunity to research advances in rehabilitation and prosthetic design with all amputee patients. | | | The new center at Brooke Army Medical Center will incorporate a full range of amputee patient care at one site. |
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2005/n01132005_2005011304.html
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| | Survivor's Guide - United Amputee Services Association |
| | Our new amputees have all thanked me for the material and I think it may afford them valuable insight into their new lives and my role in their lives as well. | | | Not only does this 28 page booklet offer detailed, factual information about the amputee rehabilitation process, but also a discussion of the normal feelings involved within the grieving process after losing a limb. | | | I also try to reinforce most of the advice given in the Guide, when appropriate, to continue to enhance our patients' confidence and knowledge. |
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http://www.oandp.com/resources/organizations/uasa/survivor_guide.htm
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| | Amputee Resource List |
| | The mission of Limbs for Life Foundation is to benefit amputees by promoting advanced research and to provide comfortable and fully functional prosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it. | | | ALM provides wholistic care to people and communities around the world who are affected by leprosy. | | | Its services include: legal counsel, vocational guidance and placement, social activities, liaison with outside groups, psychological aid, and training in the use of prosthetic devices. |
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http://www.joniandfriends.org/helps/amputee.shtml
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| | Award Prosthetics and Crutch Store - Total Amputee Care! |
| | It was originally invented to help ease phantom pain experienced by some amputees, but has many other applications. | | | Helping you feel confident and comfortable with your prosthetic choice is part of the process. | | | It helps to stimulate blood circulation, producing pleasant feelings of warmth, relaxation and calm. |
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http://www.awardprosthetics.com
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| | Amputee Links |
| | Important aspects of being an amputee are available here: selecting the right prosthetist, achieving comfortable prosthetic fit, resolving residual limb pain, phantom pain, insurance definitions of medical necessity and more. | | | He has a particular interest in chronic pain and has developed a protocol for the treatment of chronic pain which has been recognized professionally through publication of research papers in two leading peer-reviewed journals. | | | An award-winning bimonthly magazine that addresses the needs and concerns of amputees and those who care for and about them. |
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http://www.support4amputees.org/Amputee%20links.htm
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| | AASRA Resource Page |
| | useful or helpful for the amputee and their families. | | | chronic pain, amputee phantom pain and sports related muscle injuries. | | | Resources for amputees, family members, and medical professionals. |
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http://www.aasra.ab.ca/resource.htm
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| | Omniseek: /Lifestyle /Disabilities /Specific Disabilities /Amputee /Phantom Limbs |
| | Amputee Rehabilitation Services: Developing the amputee's full potential At West Park Hospital we believe that every person who has undergone an amputation should be given the opportunity to regain their independence. | | | Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Phantom Pain Richard Neves, Ph.D., with Richard Mooney, Mutual Amputee Aid Foundation Much of what goes on in our bodies is controlled by the subconscious mind. | | | Phantom Sensation and Phantom Pain Ronald Melzack, Ph.D.,with Richard Mooney, Mutual Amputee Aid Foundation Almost every amputee, and many others who have sustained spinal cord and certain peripheral nerve injuries, experience "phantom limb" - the sensati |
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| | AMPUTEE'S FIGHTING SPIRIT: Faster, smarter battlefield care saves more U.S. war wounded |
| | In the amputee exercise room at Walter Reed, coaches and therapists push their patients hard, and Kolfage is no exception. | | | IEDs "are blowing up under their vests, between the chest armor and helmets so their faces and necks are getting hurt more... | | | And inked at the base of his neck is a tattoo that reads "100% real." |
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http://www.freep.com/news/nw/amputee4e_20050604.htm
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| | Amputee |
| | Amputee phantom pain article, including several suggested remedies, such as Farabloc. | | | A book by Alan Lewin that explains the process from primary consultation through to rehabilitation and fitting from a patient's point of view. | | | Results 1 - 6 of 6 found in "Amputee": |
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http://www.goguides.org/topic/9586.html
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| | Orthotics and Prosthetics for Amputees from Next Step |
| | As one of the country's most highly regarded prosthetic firms, Next Step is at the forefront in beta-testing and utilizing state-of-the-art, giving our clients access to the latest advances in the field. | | | Our highly respected, ABC-certified practitioners are invited to teach current prosthetic methods at seminars and educational institutions throughout the region. | | | We invite you to learn about us by reading our clients' stories and seeing them in action throughout this site. |
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| | Officials break ground for amputee center |
| | It will also bring together all of the services caring for Walter Reed's amputee patients, including social work, Veterans Affairs counselors, and the staff of physical medicine and rehabilitation service (which includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, and prosthetics). | | | "The facility is designed to return patients to the highest levels of activity, and to provide a place where research can be done to share our advances in rehabilitation and prosthetic design with all amputee patients," Scoville said. | | | "The Military Amputee Training Center will provide a structure to bring together all aspects of amputee patient care," said Charles Scoville, program manager for the U.S. Army Amputee Patient Care Program. |
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http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/stripe/9_47/local_news/32231-1.html
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| | Amputee Resource Foundation of America |
| | The Changing Role of the Amputee in the Rehabilitation Process | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation | | | I am a believer in the role computer technology will play in the major changes to take place in providing improved care and cost effective prosthetic services for amputees. |
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http://www.amputeeresource.org/Amputee%2520Information%2520Resource%2520Center.htm
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| | Amputee Support prosthetic emotions prosthetists are all covered here | | | Advanced Rehab Therapy Clinical Services - Rehabilitating the Lower Extremity Amputee | | | American Amputee Soccer Assn. - World Cup Tournament Results |
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| | Amputect.com |
| | The long term effect of the oil was evaluated with over 90% of the clients finding improvement in skin condition reducing redness, soreness, and roughness. | | | Amputees throughout Europe tested ultra pure Ampu-tect Skin Care Oil for an 18 month duration. |
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| | AMP U T CHAT |
| | ...a place for amputees, their families, friends, physicians and prosthetists... | | | (by Gabriela Tijman) of Helpful Hints for New Amputees. | | | For information regarding reprinting or links please send us. |
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http://mycottage.com/amputee
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| | Amputation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Some amputees experience the phenomenon of phantom limbs; they feel body parts that are no longer there. | | | These limbs can itch, ache, and feel as if they are moving. | | | In a disarticulation amputation, the bone is removed at the joint. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amputation
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| | Eastern Amputee Golf Association |
| | The EAGA objectives are to assist in the rehabilitation of amputees and provide for their general welfare, both physical and psychological, through the medium of golf and its associated activities. | | | Thanks to all our amputee and associate members who continue every year their support of our organization. | | | These Scholarships are available to any 2006 EAGA amputee member and/or a member of his or her family. |
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| | Home - Yanke Bionics |
| | If you are an amputee ready to experience pain-free mobility, or a physician that refers amputees, we would like the opportunity... | | | Watch Sunday night, September 25th as Yanke Bionics helps Master Sgt. Luis Rodriguez walk again in the Season Premiere of ABC's h... |
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http://www.YankeBionics.com
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| | dermatos prosthetics- custom prosthetics for amputees. |
| | Dermatos prostheses, prosthetics and artificial skin are recommended by hand surgeons, hand therapists, case managers, orthopedic surgeons, and prosthetists to amputees desiring rehabilitation through realistic prosthetic restoration. | | | Prosthetics, Artificial Limbs, Amputees, Amputation, prosthetic hands, amputee, prosthetic hands, amputations, prosthetic limbs, case managers cosmetic surgery finger, finger amputee, prosthetist, prosthetic limbs, hand amputee, prosthetist, hand, hand prosthesis, hand prosthetics, hand surgeons, hand therapists, | | | Amputees from all over the world visit our center to be fitted with dermatos prostheses and artificial skin. |
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| | Costing an Arm and a Leg - The victims of a growing mental disorder are obsessed with amputation. By Carl Elliott |
| | My interest in amputee wannabes began several years ago when I was writing my book Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream. | | | Oddly, the film also glides past the sexual aspect of the condition and views it as a problem of identity, like gender identity disorder. | | | I was trying to understand why so many people have begun to use the tools of medicine for purposes other than curing illness, such as self-improvement and self-transformation. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/2085402
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| | AMP-L List for Amputees |
| | Since that time he has taken an active interest in issues relating to amputation and hopes to participate in a forum that discusses the amputee experience from many different perspectives. | | | This list was created in March 1996 by people who wanted a forum to express ideas relating to amputation. | | | This list will serve as a forum for the free exchange of ideas for amputees and interested others to discuss matters of mutual interest. |
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| | "Life and Limb" a book by Alan Lewin |
| | Alan is a skilled writer and amputee and his book explains the process from primary consultation through to rehabilitation and fitting from a patient's point of view. | | | Have you an amputee in the family and want to be of more help? | | | These and many other questions are answered in Alan Lewin's book LIFE and LIMB |
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http://www.website-services.com/PlasmaPrint/index.html
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| | ACA - About the Amputee Coalition of America |
| | Click here for our introductory report which is a brief review of what the ACA is currently doing and how it accomplishes its goals. | | | The ACA includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups for amputees, professionals, family members and friends of amputees, amputation or limb loss related agencies, and organizations. | | | The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. |
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http://www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_about.html
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| | Amputee Health, Directory |
| | ABC conducts examinations to evaluate the competency of those persons planning to enter the practice of orthotics and prosthetics. | | | Alatheia Amputee Rehabilitation Center Helps amputees who desire rehabilitation through realistic prosthetic restorations. | | | Amputee Coalition of America National, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. |
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http://www.wacofdn.org/d2RjXzU4NTI0.aspx
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| | Boing Boing: Amputee wannabes |
| | I think the psychiatrists and bioethicists who approach this problem unfortunately approach it from inside a conceptual box of fairly limited dimensions. | | | Anything short of that specific site can be insufficient. | | | "To want to go from a four-limbed person to an amputee feels more problematic. |
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/22/amputee_wannabes.html
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| | - McBuddy(tm) Adjustable Amputee Stool - |
| | Ask any amputee who has one, and then you will own one. | | | Your McBuddy has been built with great care and quality. | | | "This device has made my life as an amputee much more acceptable." |
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http://www.bihlman.com/mcbuddy
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| | Home |
| | If you are a congenital amputee or became an amputee as a child, your counsel can help parents deal with a situation that leaves them lost and seeking knowledgeable information. | | | Parents who have a child born with a limb difference or who lose a limb/s in childhood are starved for information. | | | Bill Baughn and his wife, Joyce, a bilateral below elbow amputee since age six, established I-CAN (International Child Amputee Network) and an Internet mailing list to provide information and support contacts to children with absent or underdeveloped limbs and their parents. |
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| | The War Amps - National Amputee Centre Home |
| | Your prosthetist and clinic team should provide guidance on specific issues you may have. | | | One of the primary goals of The War Amps National Amputee Centre is to educate amputees and their families about all aspects of amputation. | | | The National Amputee Centre content on this site is provided for educational purposes only. |
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http://www.waramps.ca/nac/home.html
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| | Untangling the Web--Disability Links |
| | The mission of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association is to enable people with SCI to make choices and take actions to achieve their highest level of independence and personal fulfillment. | | | A national, nonprofit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. | | | An Internet mailing list to provide information and support contacts to children with absent or underdeveloped limbs and their parents. |
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| | Ampukayak America 2003 |
| | To do this, my goal is to raise awareness about the Ertl Amputation Procedure and to raise funds for the Barr Foundation. | | | Ampukayak America 2006 continues the work I started to help and inspire other amputees to move on with life after limb loss. | | | Join me in May 2006 for a continuation of exploration and discovery as I paddle 2150 miles from Canada to Key West Fl. |
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http://www.ampu-cycle.com
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| | National Amputee Statistical Database. Home page |
| | Following a considerable amount of exploratory work by a dedicated working party of consultants from the Amputee Medical Rehabilitation Society and Centre Managers, NASDAB achieved its present structure in May 1997. | | | The National Amputee Statistical Database (NASDAB) was set up in 1993 with the aim of investigating the feasibility of re-establishing a national amputee statistical database and to implement the collection of these data from systems within prosthetic centres across the UK. | | | Guidance on Type of Referrals to be included in NASDAB available online |
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| | Limbs for Life Foundation, Helping Amputees Worldwide. |
| | To maintain a network of physical and occupational therapy providers who will give cost-free, follow-up care to ensure the optimum function of each prosthesis awarded by Limbs for Life | | | To provide public information to schools, colleges, civic groups, and businesses about the challenges and opportunities facing amputees | | | In this month’s Friends of the Foundation, Bruce Newberg tells a story about his inspirational father. |
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| | Australian Amputee Open Golf Championship - The official AAOGC web site |
| | Can you afford to miss what could be one of the best experiences of your life? | | | Imagine yourself playing it in the friendly and enjoyable company of amputees from Australia and around the world. | | | - That's what the Australian Amputee Open is all about. |
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| | News - Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders - Patients With Acute Musculoskeletal Spasm Experience Significant Improvement In Open Directory - Shopping: Health: Conditions and Diseases... | | | External Subtopics: Musculoskeletal Disorders > Amputee, Musculoskeletal Disorders > Arthritis. |
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| | OverGround : A Site for the Disabled and their Admirers, the Devotees and the Wannabes |
| | It is the first resource to use the term "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" in place of "Apotemno- philia", which was not adapted, to describe the need to have a limb or more amputated. | | | Gehrard Aba is a 47-year-old Viennese professional photographer who's focusing his work on female amputees, which is a first, to our knowledge. | | | This article is an attempt at defining one possible explanation of Amputee Devoteism. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Amputee will put kayak arm to ultimate test |
| | Johnston, a double-leg amputee, says kayaking is good for balance, and the "skills are transferable" to other activities, such as horseback riding and basketball. | | | "I think it's going to be more arm amputees out with us from now on, because I know a number of them were impressed with (Stewart's) ability and especially how quickly he's learned," Johnston says. | | | He was able to release many of his frustrations about being an amputee through physical activity and was captain of the Washington Rugby Club. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-08-08-amputee-kayak_x.htm
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| | The Barr/United Amputee Assistance Fund - The Barr Foundation |
| | To establish that need, the amputee and prosthetist would need to show there are no other sources of funding available. | | | To apply for the funding the prosthetist and amputee will complete application forms which will then be reviewed and verified by a committee of professionals. | | | The Barr Foundation and other amputee support organizations and the Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists were instrumental in the successful passage of 1997 legislation requiring mandatory licensing of orthotic and prosthetic professionals in the state of Florida. |
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| | Amputee Sport and Recreation |
| | Amputees can benefit greatly from this activity by increasing core strength which helps with balance and coordination and recovery. | | | This is an activity that amputees can perform without too much adaptation. | | | Above and Below knee amputees take part in this activity that truly tests one's fear of heights. |
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| | Chesapeake Amputee Alliance (CAA) |
| | There is a newly-formed amputee support group in the Fredericksburg area. | | | I created this web site so that I can freely make changes as they occur within the group. | | | Notice: Microsoft has no responsibility for the content featured in this group. |
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| | CBC News:Bionic leg a step up, amputee says |
| | With a conventional prosthesis, the amputee must do all the work. | | | devise a program that senses the amputee's desired motion | | | He said with the bionic leg, he became the first such amputee to walk up and down stairs normally with both legs. |
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| | Amputee swims 16 hours to raise money for Jimmy Fund - Boston.com |
| | He's shown what an amputee can do with their life," said Eustace's father, Peter. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | | | Eustace lost part of his left leg nearly a year ago in a traffic accident and has become a friend of the Welsch family. |
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