Kiera Brinkley, from Portland, Oregon, was just two years old when she contracted pneumococcal sepsis, a bacterial infection that cut off her bloodstreams and forced doctors to amputate both sets of ...

INTRODUCTION. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neurological disorder caused by demyelination and axonal destruction of ...

Transfemoral amputee gait often exhibits compensations due to the lack of ankle push-off power and control over swing foot position using passive prostheses. Powered prostheses can restore this ...

Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spastic Diplegia: Landon’s Story After Landon was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, his family pursued treatment at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital ...

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Diplegic spastic INTRODUCTION The term cerebral palsy (CP) is frequently used to designate a large number of clinical conditions which have in common a specific and ...

Methods and analysis A retrospectively-matched, multi-center study protocol is described that comprehensively compares the long-term outcomes of a highly-interventional versus a ...

Calamus-Wheatland golfer Carter Henning will play in the Pro-Am at the John Deere Classic on July 2nd.

Thomas managed to post a round of 2-over par 72, finishing tied for 12 th that earned him the distinction of becoming the first double amputee to qualify for the Tennessee State Amateur. “It was ...

Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS or SACS) is an early onset neurodegenerative disease with high prevalence (carrier frequency 1/22) in the Charlevoix-Saguenay-Lac ...

An amputee sea turtle named Dilly-Dally was released back into the ocean in Juno Beach after months of rehabilitation at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Dilly-Dally, a subadult loggerhead, lost her ...

Subadult amputee sea turtle returns to ocean with help HOME AFTER BEING REHABILITATED BY LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVA.

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A sea turtle named Dilly Dally found its way back to the ocean following a daring rescue. Dilly Dally, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle and amputee patient, was released ...