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Kerri Strug. Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Bone healing. Bone healing of a fracture by forming a callus as shown by X-ray. Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or ...
Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990) are American conjoined twins. They are dicephalic parapagus twins (having two heads joined to one torso), and are highly symmetric for conjoined twins. Each has a heart, stomach, spine, pair of lungs, and spinal cord. Each twin controls one arm and one leg.
Mandy Sellars (born 20 February 1975 in Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a British woman with a rare genetic mutation that has resulted in extraordinary growth in both of her legs. In 2006, some doctors diagnosed Sellars as having Proteus syndrome, a very rare condition thought to affect only 120 people worldwide, [1] but more recent diagnoses ...
Montalbano suffered a broken jaw, several fractures to his face, traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, two broken legs -- one of which was a compound fracture in his femur -- his left arm broken ...
5. Josephine Myrtle Corbin (May 12, 1868 [1] – May 6, 1928) was an American sideshow performer born as a dipygus. This referred to the fact that she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down, as a result of her body axis splitting as it developed. Each of her smaller inner legs was paired with one of her outer legs.
Jennifer Bricker (born October 1, 1987) [1][2] is an American acrobat and aerialist. Born without legs, she was placed for adoption by her parents. [3] Later in life, she would find out she is the sister of American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu. The Moceanu family from which she originates is ethnically Aromanian, from modern Romania. [4]
Patella fracture. Based on symptom, confirmed with X-rays. [3] A patella fracture is a break of the kneecap. [1] Symptoms include pain, swelling, and bruising to the front of the knee. [1] A person may also be unable to walk. [1] Complications may include injury to the tibia, femur, or knee ligaments. [2]