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Lakeshore Foundation Builds Data Warehouse for Adaptive Sports
The new Sports Science and High Performance Lab will gather advanced data to help adaptive athletes optimize performance at every ...
Women Prosthetists Are Making an Impact on Amputee Care
Female prosthetists are becoming more numerous and more influential within the profession. Amputees stand to benefit in some important ways ...
Amputees Dress for Success on the Runway of Dreams
The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is always a happening, and never more so than ...
The Lessons I Learned from African Amputees
Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the ...
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The Pre-Paralympics Are Here
Can’t wait a whole year to scratch your Paralympics itch? No worries: The rest of this summer’s calendar is packed ...
Ayes On the Prize: Amputee Legislative Update
Six states considered So Kids Can Move legislation this year to reform legislation for prosthetic devices. Here is the final ...
Open Inclusion Contest: Hard Cash for Amputee Hacks
The 2nd annual Simply Open Awards contest kicked off a few weeks ago, offering amputees another chance to cash in ...
Mapping Phantom Limb Pain Within the Brain
Neuroscientists have found objective biomarkers of chronic pain from inside the brain of individuals suffering from phantom limb pain (PLP) ...
You’ll Never Walk Alone: Amputee Friends Support Each Other
Armeda Batchler and Brianna Jones met in 2016 through an amputee support group. Both say their friendship has had profound ...
Editor’s Letter: Working Without a Net
The July 2023 edition of Amplitude Magazine features articles about bionic arms, amputee comedians, stunt performers, recreational athletics, and more ...
Bespoke Bodies: The Art and Science of Prosthetic Limbs
Many of today’s prosthetic design concepts have their roots in World War I. A major museum exhibition opening in June ...
Return Ascender: Kirstie Ennis Has Everest Back in Her Sights
Kirstie Ennis hopes to become the first American woman amputee to complete the Seven Summits. This month on Everest, she ...
