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amputee

a person who has had a limb amputated
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' PM Modi meets a young amputee. "They conceptualized this idea of providing the artificial limb but with mobility, with flexibility," says Swami.
Following the footsteps of a 70-year friendship
Managed by EitC disability manager and former Worlrd Amputee Footballer of the Year Steve Johnson, the Everton FC Amputees finished fifth in the tournament, with Turkish side Ortotek Gaziler being crowned champions.
Tournament pride for EFC amputees; EFC in the Community
Yoga offers amputees the flexibility, strength and stamina they are seeking, while also providing emotional, mental and spiritual well-being to help amputees of all levels thrive in life.
Yoga for Amputees
Ottobock Philippines Managing Director Peter Goldberg turned over the prostheses to the soldier amputees in a simple ceremony held at Joy Nostalg Hotel and Suites Manila.
17 soldier amputees receive prostheses
THREE young amputee footballers are shooting for the top in a bid to represent Scotland in Europe.
Help amputee kids play for Scotland
The running clinic - organised by prosthetic limbs manufacturer Otto Bock Middle East - saw Heinrich demonstrate and encourage amputees living in the UAE to try out running blade prosthetics.
Amputees 'run free' at running clinic in Dubai
figure By DAVID MWERE The government has finally yielded to pressure from the public and assured the national amputee football team members that they will be paid all outstanding dues before the week ends after their stellar performance at the Amputee Football World Cup in Mexico two weeks ago.Appearing before the National Assembly Sports Committee Thursday, Sports and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa also gave a similar undertaking to the national skating team that competed at the Africa Championships.
I will pay amputees, Echesa assures parliamentary team
Kenya Amputee Football Federation Secretary General Peter Oloo has accused the Ministry of Sports of negligence and incompetence after failing to release funds for the team's travel to Mexico for the Amputee World Cup later this month.
KAFF's Oloo accuse Mosca officials of negligence
More specifically, for amputees who have decided to proceed with prosthesis, the presence of a flexion contracture may prevent him/her from achieving successful prosthesis usage.
Awareness, potential factors, and post-amputation care of stump flexion contractures among transtibial amputees
The famous idiom "seeing is believing" is not enough to help amputees with the use of their prosthetic limb.
Amputees Feel Their Prosthetic Limbs Belong
The team was started in 2010 by Christy McElligott, Simon Baker and two other amputees.
THE AMPUTEE WORLD CUP IS OUR GOAL; Footballer's appeal for PS1,500 to compete in Mexico
For years, it has been a common practice for amputees to cap their truncated limbs with a latex sock and place it into the socket of a prosthesis.
Groundbreaking clinical trial: VA trial aims to change veterans' prostheses forever

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