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Lakeshore Foundation Builds Data Warehouse for Adaptive Sports

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...
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