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Key Findings From the Hanger Institute’s Annual Report
Want a user-friendly summary of amputee-related research and clinical data? Look no further than the annual report released last week ...
How I Became an Amputee Punk
When Hugh Boyle was insulted as "a one-legged punk," he laughed off the taunt and used it as inspiration for ...
Why Do Women Get Less Effective Amputee Care?
It’s well documented that race, income, and geography can influence amputees’ health status. But there’s another fault line in patient ...
Amputee Filmmakers Shine in 2024 Disability Film Challenge
It was another record-setting year for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, with 136 entries. And as always, films by amputee ...
Do Running Blades Give Amputee Sprinters an Unfair Advantage?
Ever since Oscar Pistorius began racing nondisabled sprinters, sports scientists have been debating whether running blades give amputee athletes an ...
Amplitude’s Awareness Aces for #LLLDAM
To celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, we combed Amplitude’s print and digital archives to find amputees with ...
New Study Quantifies Impact of Lower-Limb Amputation on Body Image
Posted April 1, 2014 Nearly two million Americans currently live with limb loss, according to the Amputee Coalition, and that ...
Cybathlon Will Allow Athletes to Compete Using Powered Prostheses, Exoskeletons
Image courtesy of NCCR Robotics. Posted March 27, 2014 The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics, Lausanne, ...
Evan Strong Featured on Wheaties Box
Posted March 24, 2014 General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced that Paralympic snowboard-cross gold medalist Evan Strong will appear on an ...
Amputee Coalition Launches Survey about Prosthetic Provider Expectations
Posted March 19, 2014 The Amputee Coalition has created a survey to learn more about an amputee's prosthetic provider experience ...
