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Prosthetics get the personal touch
We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better ... stronger ... faster. -Opening to "The Six Million Dollar Man"
Apr 10, 2012
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Page 4 - News tagged with amputees
Medical research
Mirrors ease Cambodian amputees' phantom pain
Pov Sopheak lost his left leg in a landmine blast in 1990. Yet some nights the pain in his "left foot" is so bad he cannot sleep. Like many amputees, he suffers from phantom pain.
Feb 27, 2012
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Neuroscience
Phantom limb formation relates to how sensory contact is lost
The phantom limbs perceived by many amputees and others who lose sensory connection with their bodies, do not form in “default” postures as often thought, but instead coalesce into positions that are dependent on ...
Dec 5, 2011
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Fast prediction of axon behavior
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a computer modeling method to accurately predict how a peripheral nerve axon responds to electrical stimuli, slashing the complex work from an inhibitory weeks-long ...
Jul 20, 2011
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Medical research
Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
A new device could help to relieve the pain and discomfort experienced by thousands of amputees as a result of poorly fitting replacement lower limbs. Researchers have been awarded Biomedical Catalyst funding to develop a ...
Apr 15, 2014
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Health
Companies to donate prosthetic legs to Boston bombing victims in need
(HealthDay)—A coalition of manufacturers has pledged to provide new prosthetic legs for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings if their health insurance won't cover the full cost of the devices.
May 1, 2013
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Medical research
The quest for a better bionic hand
For an amputee, replacing a missing limb with a functional prosthetic can alleviate physical or emotional distress and mean a return of vocational ability or cosmetics. Studies show, however, that up to 50 percent of hand ...
Feb 18, 2013
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3Qs: The fastest man on no legs
South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius will compete in the 400-meter sprint at the 2012 London Olympics wearing high-tech carbon-fiber prosthetic ...
Jul 30, 2012
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Changing the world one leg at a time: U-Idaho researcher breaking down barriers for amputees
One leg, two legs or no legs, it’s all about living a normal life. Unless you’re South Africa’s Oscar Pistorious, a double amputee who will be the first ever amputee to compete in the Olympics on the track ...
Jul 26, 2012
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A helping hand for prosthetics
An EU-funded project has developed an artificial hand that will revolutionise the lives of amputees. The so-called Smarthand has all the basic functions of its real counterpart including sensitivity and motor control.
Apr 11, 2012
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