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The stump will remain an area of reduced mechanical stability. Limb loss can present significant or even drastic practical limitations. [80] A large proportion of amputees (form 50-80% to 80-100%, according to different studies) experience the phenomenon of phantom limbs; [81] [82] they feel body parts that are no longer there. These limbs can ...
The male and female teams were organized by amputees in August 2010 at Hospital Bernard Mevs. A majority of the players lost limbs during the 2010 earthquake.To date Team Zaryen is composed of male and female amputees who are looking to soccer as a way to show the world that disability does not crush the human spirit.
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Health care facilities in Oregon will be allowed to return amputated body parts to patients for cultural, spiritual or religious reasons under a new law supported by tribes, Oregon Public ...
He experimented with different prosthetic limbs designed for swimming, with fins attached to the stumps of his legs. [3] One set of specially designed prosthetics cost €12,000, and are made from carbon and titanium. [4] [5] He wrote a book entitled J'ai décidé de vivre (I Decided to Live), using a speech-to-text computer system. [2]
The Krukenberg procedure, also known as the Krukenberg operation, is a surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer. It was first described in 1917 by the German army surgeon Hermann Krukenberg. [1] [2] It remains in use today for certain special cases but is considered controversial and some surgeons refuse to perform it. [3]
Acrotomophiles may be attracted to amputees because they like the way they look or they may view the amputee's stump as a phallic object which can be used for sexual pleasure. [1] Acrotomophiles may enjoy the idea of dominating the amputee during couples play and they may also become aroused with the thought of having to take care of an amputee.
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how three teens at a high school in Iowa jumped into action to help save a man they saw struggling after he fell on train tracks.