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As part of Disability Awareness Week (December 3 to 9), The Spine and Limb Foundation will be hosting a Marketability event on Wednesday, December 6 from 10:00am to 3:00pm in front of the Paraquad Industries building. Marketability is an on-site event that will provide opportunities for people with disabilities to showcase their special achievements in various life roles including recreation and employment. This first-time event will consist of outdoor ‘market’ themed activities where artists…

some kind of disability, according to the 2010 census that is over fifty-six million people. The Amputee-Coalition.org states more than 500 Hundred Americans lose a limb daily. Limb loss is the loss or non-development of a portion or complete loss of an arm or leg. The CDC estimates that nearly two million Americans are living with limb loss in the United States today. Unlike these resilient people I was able to choose what disability I would live with for a third of my day. Initially I wanted…

The Fabulous 5 Contributing Members: Jose Herrera, Kaci Stilson, Kristen Kuhr, Joanna Ramos, Zachary Buck 1) Etiology/Pathogenesis of Phantom Limb Syndrome In order to understand a little about Phantom limb syndrome, we must first understand normal function of a body intact and its sensory and motor pathway. The body uses electrical impulses in the form of chemical exchanges in the neurons, or nerve cells, to pass along information. Normal body function indicates that as the extremity (upper or…

Limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) is a general term used to describe a diverse cluster of neuromuscular disorders and they are usually being inherited. They are caused by mutations of certain genes which results in respective defective proteins being generated. These defective proteins are usually involved in the direct or indirect stabilizing of the membrane of the muscle. This disorder involves symptoms like primary or secondary weakening of limb and axial muscles, muscle wasting and…

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is serious form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The incidence of CLI increase with age and atherosclerotic risk factors such as, diabetes, cigarette smoking, obesity or hypertension .The prevalence of CLI is approximately 12% in the adult population especially men compared to women (Davies 2012).The clinical presentation of this disease range from intermittent claudication , rest pain, ischemic ulcers, or gangrene. CLI could lead to severe disability such…

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM: By exploring lower limb kinetics in sports, clinicians can better understand the effects they place on the knee, ultimately manipulating the risk factors to decrease the rates of ACL tears (2, 11). 70 percent of ACL injuries occur as a result of playing sports. (5) ACL tears are usually season ending injuries that require surgery. Because they require surgery, the medical costs are high, averaging around 20,000-50,000 dollars (1, 5, 12,). The rate of return to…

that said "When Fins Became Limbs" on its cover. Assuming the content must be the relationship between the swimming fish and the early land-living animals. The magazine cover is Tiktaalik, and it is intermediate between fish and the primitive land-living animal (tetrapod). And the picture connection to the relevant chapter is that, the first chapter talks about how paleontologists try to find the fossil that shows the transition between the fish and the four limbs tetrapod, which is…

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a dangerous condition with a high mortality rate, potential socio-economic loss, and risk of amputation, especially in people with diabetes (1–4). Surgical bypass grafting has long been considered the gold standard of revascularization for lesions that are below the knee (BTK) (5). Percutaneous translumi- nal angioplasty (PTA) also improves limb perfusion; however, current treatment options are far from opti- mal even if this endovascular approach is the…

The following article evaluates the potential benefits of viewing a mirror image of an unaffected upper limb on recovery in patients with hemiparesis early after ischemic stroke. Participants included thirty-six individuals who had severe hemiparesis following a first-time ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups; the control group (n=18), who received standard therapy, or the experimental group (n=18), who received…

The movement that was chosen for the movement analysis paper is baseball swing movement from the initial setup to the follow through after contact with the ball. There will be Four phases that tie in the entire movement analysis. Those 4 phases include the loading phase, timing phase, the launching phase, and the follow through after the swing (Van Such, 2016). Each batter has their own unique stance based on how they plant their feet and hold the bat. However, regardless of their batting…