Tag: Sports & Recreation

A nerve-like assemblage created by protein nanomotors acting on polymer filaments at Sandia National Laboratories. Image courtesy of Sandia National ...

The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) and The First Clinics hosted First Swing Learn to Golf and First Volley ...

A team of researchers from Bournemouth University (BU), Poole, England, have been assessing the impact of lower-limb prostheses on competitive ...

The Amputee Coalition has announced that four recipients will receive the Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic ...

The Dralla Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 2011 by Allard USA, Rockaway, New Jersey, announced the 2015 grants it ...

The 16th annual University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Endeavor Games wrapped up its four-day event on June 14 in Edmond, ...

The Hanger Charitable Foundation, Austin, Texas, has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Angel City Games to enhance the lives ...

More than 600 veterans are expected to compete in this year's National Veterans Wheelchair Games, scheduled for June 21-26 in ...

CAF attendees, from left, Kelly Ray, Haven Shepard, and Breezy Bochenek. Photograph courtesy of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. The Challenged ...

In the morning, the attendees listened to various presentations that focused on new information and techniques. The training was more ...

Computer simulation screenshot. Courtesy of the University of Idaho. Craig McGowan, PhD, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the ...

Zeng displaying his new foam technology. Photograph by Bill Lax, courtesy of Florida State University. Whether it's a football helmet, ...

World wakesurf champion Drew Danielo, BoardCo.com, and Texas Ski Ranch (TSR) teamed up on Saturday, April 18, to host Central ...

Medical experts widely recommend a combined program of diet and fitness to fight obesity. But when it comes to the ...

Para Tri, a sporting event for people with disabilities in the United Kingdom, has partnered with Ottobock UK, Egham, England, ...

With fewer primary care physicians in the nation's countryside, rural healthcare in America is beginning to look a lot less ...

Hugh Herr. Image courtesy of UT Dallas. Last year, Kathryn Kuehn lost both hands and feet from a sudden bacterial ...

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced that it has distributed $3.5 million in grants through its annual Access for Athletes ...

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) of Texas recently appointed Jeff Bourns to its Adaptive Tennis Committee. Bourns has 25 ...

Two-term Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Duckworth will challenge incumbent Senator Mark Kirk ...

Össur Americas, Foothill Ranch, California, and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) have announced a new, multi-year global sponsorship agreement that ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games 2015 will take place June 19-28 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. DoD ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) announced that its Warfighter Sports program has received $700,000 raised at the American International Group (AIG) ...

Exclusive live coverage from Amplitude. Hale shreds the course. Photograph by Maggie Zawalski. The Fairplay ski run at Copper Mountain ...

Photographs courtesy of CAF. Nearly 500 guests came together to help raise more than $3 million for the Challenged Athletes ...

Photographs courtesy of Alan Finnieston. Wilfrid Macena, Mackenson Pierre, and Sandy J.L. Louiseme, who were among the thousands of Haitians ...

U.S. Nordic sit-skier Andy Soule was voted the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athlete of the Month after a record-breaking January. ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) has received an $80,000 grant from the Anthem Foundation to support rehabilitation programs in sports and ...

U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, has announced that 14 athletes, including six reigning world champions, ...

The U.S. Paralympics has named 42 athletes, including ten reigning world champions, to the 2015 Track & Field National Team. ...

U.S. Paralympian April Holmes received the 2015 Inspiration Award at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Honors Celebration, held in ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is accepting applications for the 2015 National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the world's largest annual ...

OPAF and the First Clinics have announced that the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) has ...

The U.S. Paralympics recently announced its roster of nine athletes who will represent Team USA at the International Paralympic Committee ...

The Amputee Coalition announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: Dale Brandon Dale, CPO, has ...

Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide free ...

USA Track & Field (USATF), the governing body for track and field, long-distance running, and race walking in the United ...

U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, recently announced that nine athletes, including five reigning world champions, ...

Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks. Photograph by Maj. Eve Baker. The Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival (MCIWS) course is a ...

The promise of a new year sparks the desire to get healthy-a goal Karin Richards, chair of the kinesiology program ...

Caswell and Tami share a moment before his surgery. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Poe. At ...

Photograph of Brentz courtesy of Karl Hugh, Mesquite ParaLong Drive local organizing committee. For the second year in a row, ...

OPAF announced that the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is a 2015 silver-level sponsor. "AOPA is pleased to support ...

Photograph courtesy of OPAF. More than 100 people attended the launch of the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation's (OPAF's) First ...

It is called "the best day in triathlon," and for good reason: camaraderie, smiles, and support abound. It is a ...

Image of the bubble actuator, embedded in a liner, that the UT Arlington research team is designing and building, courtesy ...

Despite having a leg amputation and only having two fingers on his left hand, 9-year-old Ezra Frech strives every day ...

From multivitamins to supplements that are purported to help with everything from depression to treating athlete's foot, whole stores are ...

Researchers with the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (Cleveland VA), Ohio, and at ...

The Kicking for Kids Who Can't Kick-a-Thon event will be held at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, ...