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T47 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics primarily for competitors with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment. T47 is a classification for track events, but unlike the other T40 to T46 classifications, it has no equivalent F47 classification for field events. The amputee sports equivalent class is ISOD the A8 ...
The success of the Krukenberg procedure depends directly on the strength of the pronator teres, the sensibility of the skin surrounding both ulna and radius, elbow mobility, and mobility of the ulna and radius at the proximal radioulnar joint. Individual patient expectations and motivations, although more difficult to assess, probably play a ...
Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "Single above elbow/Single below elbow amputation or similar disability." [ 1 ] The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as being for athletes who have the "Single arm, above or below elbow amputation.
A Kentucky woman said she is just happy to be alive after a kidney stone turned into an infection that would lead to a quadruple amputation. "I've lost my legs from the knees down bilaterally and ...
I moved on, and then when I turned to Grade 8, I decided to accept myself."She now participates professionally in half Ironman raceswhich consist of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile cycle, and a 13.1 ...
Sexy Amputee Veterans Bare All in New Art Book. A new book shines a light on the effects of war in a body-positive way. Photographer Michael Stokes is raising money for a new coffee table book ...
A bilateral amputee is a person who is missing either both upper limbs or both lower limbs. People who are missing both legs below the knee are sometimes referred to as BK while people missing both arms below the elbow are referred as BE. Transtibial amputation is a below the knee amputation.
Unfortunately, Ashley Brady, a 26-year-old amputee in Ohio had to deal with an unpleasant woman who had parked in a handicapped spot. A note left on Brady's windshield noted in part , "Hey handicap!