Amputation
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Miramar commissioners to vote on hosting Paralympic competition...to the runner. The track and field competition is open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as dwarfism, amputation or limb loss, blindness or visual impairment, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, brain injury... In this article: Rio de Janeiro, Amputation, Cerebral palsy, Dwarfism, U.S. Olympic Committee, Spinal cord injury, Ato Boldon, Olympic Committee, and The Miami Herald |
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Asiaing.com | March 03, 2009
A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities
...developed with the help and experience of women with disabilities in 42 countries - women whose disabilities include blindness, deafness, amputations, paralysis, learning difficulties, small stature, epilepsy, arthritis, and cerebral palsy.
In this article: Cerebral palsy, Arthritis, Paralysis, and Epilepsy
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Wikipedia | July 02, 2009
Paralympic swimming
Physical disabilities of Paralympic swimmers include single or multiple limb loss (through birth defects and/or amputation), cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries (leading to paralysis or disability in limb coordination), dwarfism, and...
In this article: Cerebral palsy, Paralysis, International Swimming Federation, and Dwarfism
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Life123 | June 26, 2009
Guide to Therapeutic Horseback Riding
...dysfunction. Now, therapeutic horseback riding helps patients with a number of disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amputation, muscular dystrophy, Down syndrome, and many more. Therapeutic...
In this article: Down syndrome, Cerebral palsy, Autism, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Physical Therapy Association, Muscular dystrophy, and Multiple sclerosis
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USATODAY.com | February 23, 2009
Winter is a true wonderland for athletes with disabilities
...around the country. Sled hockey is one of many winter sports becoming more popular among athletes with physical challenges, such as spinal cord injuries, limb amputations, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. In recent years, snow...
In this article: California, Surgery, Cerebral palsy, and Cardiovascular disease
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Deseret News | February 27, 2009
LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good
...used in hospitals. There are an estimated 8,000 disabled men, women and children in Babil Province, coping with amputations, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, brain injuries and developmental disabilities. The rehabilitation...
In this article: Babil Province, Iraq, God, 172nd Infantry Brigade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Cerebral palsy
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Telegraph.co.uk - Sport | September 05, 2008
2008 Beijing Paralympic Games Sportbysport guide
...four (LTA4+) and each class race over a distance of 1000m. Rowing is open to athletes with spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, lower-limb amputations and visual impairments. Sailing Sailing was introduced as a demonstration sport at...
In this article: Wheelchair, Cerebral palsy, Rowing, Table tennis, Rome, Swimming, Archery, and Barcelona
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PR Newswire | October 03, 2007
Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World's Leading Vaccine-Preventable Killer
...distribution. "By encouraging professional societies, policy-makers and key health and financial decision-makers to make pneumococcal disease prevention a priority, our aim is to help save millions of lives," Dr. Levine said. Survivors of...
In this article: PACE, Sabin Vaccine Institute, GAVI, Pneumococcal infections, Meningitis, Costa Rica, and Ministry of Health
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Wheelchair rugby
...cervical vertebrae. Other eligible players have multiple amputations, polio, or neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, some forms of muscular dystrophy, or Guillain-Barre syndrome, among other medical conditions. Players are...
In this article: United States, Most Valuable Player, Christchurch, Canada, Cerebral palsy, and Muscular dystrophy
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washingtonpost.com | August 08, 2009
For Wounded Veterans, Paralympics Offer a Chance to Dream
...ways and it is unique to each person." An international Paralympic classification system lists athletes in six categories (amputation, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability and other), which are...
In this article: USOC, Chicago, Melissa Stockwell, Surgery, Cerebral palsy, and Colorado Springs
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Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. A special case is the congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where foetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands. In some countries, amputation of the hands or feet is or was used as a form of punishment for people who committed crimes. Amputation has also been used as a tactic in war and acts of terrorism. In some cultures and religions, minor amputations or mutilations are considered a ritual accomplishment. Unlike some non-mammalian animals (such as lizards that shed their tails), once removed, human extremities do not grow back. A transplant or a prosthesis are the only options for recovering the loss.
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