A two-minute walk test is less robust in measuring the stead state metabolic expenditure in lower leg amputee patients compared to total oxygen uptake analysis and minute interval analysis over 6 ...

COIMBATORE: A 32-year-old woman who lost both her hands in an electrocution accident has received a new lease of life after ...

As a result, she received a transtibial (below-the-knee) amputation of her left leg on the day of her 23rd birthday. But that didn’t stop the Connecticut native from achieving her goals.

We defined major LLAs as the use four medical procedure receipt codes proximal to the ankle joint, as follows: above-knee/transfemoral amputation, below-knee/transtibial amputation, hindquarter ...

A water-cooled prosthetic liner designed to address excessive heat buildup at the residual limb site in lower-limb transtibial amputee prosthetic users. This project aims to enhance thermal comfort ...

The Lehigh Valley Amputee Support Group hosted its annual Amputee Awareness Day on Saturday. The event was led by Robert Rodriguez, who shared his story. Rodriguez's mother made the difficult ...

Tasmanian Kath Tanner had just arrived in the UK, on her way to Ireland to present the findings of her PhD, when she became a leg amputee 15 years ago. The bus she and her husband Steve were ...

White had known that amputation was a risk of Charcot's foot but had hoped the day would never come. Doctors completed a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. At first, things were going well.

A veteran attempting to become the first triple amputee to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean said his journey was becoming more dangerous with each passing day. Craig Wood, a former Army rifleman ...

James DeSimone, a member of the legal team representing the case, said in a statement that “it is an outrageous and unreasonable use of force to dump an amputee out of his wheelchair without ...