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Paralysis (pl.: paralyses; also known as plegia) is a loss of motor function in one or more muscles.Paralysis can also be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage.
Ajith C. S. Perera (1956–2020), a Sri Lankan disability rights activist and former cricket umpire, who was paralyzed when a tree fell onto his moving car. [15] Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), former president of the United States who, at the age of 39, was partially paralyzed by polio [16]
Paralyzed due to a fall in 2005. [22] Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) – Soul singer/songwriter, paralyzed in a stage accident in 1990. [23] Guy McElroy (1948–1990) – American art historian and curator [24] Elena Mukhina (1960–2006) – Soviet gymnast and 1978 World AA Champion, paralyzed as a result of an under-rotation in a practice ...
Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek (παραπληγίη) "half-stricken". [citation needed] It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal.
In some editions, the Bible passage of Luke 5:18 is translated to refer to "a man which was taken with a palsy". More modern editions simply refer to a man who is paralysed. Although the term has historically been associated with paralysis generally, "is now almost always used in connection to the word cerebral—meaning the brain". [1]
At 58 years old he was paralyzed from the neck down after having a stroke in 2005. He was not able to speak or move any parts of his body apart from his head and eyes. He had spent two-and-a-half years undergoing therapy in a hospital before moving home in a wheelchair to be cared for by his wife, Jane, and his two teenage daughters Lauren and ...
Robin Francis Cavendish was born 12 March 1930 in Middleton, Derbyshire, England.He attended Winchester College.He attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the 60th Rifles, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, spending seven years in the Army, eventually attaining the rank of captain.
Upper left leg was paralyzed by a polio attack at age two, but recovered after receiving treatment and physical therapy Allen B. Morse: Democratic: Michigan: Michigan Senator: Amputee, lost his left arm in American Civil War [citation needed] David Paterson: Democratic: New York: Governor of New York: Legally blind from birth [41] Charles E ...