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View Post: Featured - Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major ...
18 Nov 2009
The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like ...
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View Post: Brookes student who lost leg vows to ski again (From The Oxford Times)
11 hours ago
After slowly progressing from crutches and four different prosthetic legs, next week he will be fitted with an artificial limb specially adapted to help him ski. Built at a different angle to other prosthetics, and made from lightweight ...
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View Post: Oscar Pistorius' Prosthetic Legs Give 10-Second Advantage: Study
18 Nov 2009 by The Huffington Post News Editors  
LONDON — The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study. Human performance researchers Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist ...
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View Post: Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs provide "major advantage for ...
18 Nov 2009 by William Garth Hopkins  
Human performance experts say that the artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Oscar Pistorius give him a major advantage over his competition - chopping at least 10 seconds off the 400-meter sprint. The findings, released publicly ...
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View Post: Sports Illustrated
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No Legs Actually An Advantage ...
View Blog: “Pistorius' sprinting mechanics are anomalous, advantageous and directly attributable to how much lighter and springier his artificial limbs are,” Weyand said in a statement. “The blades enhance sprint running speeds by 15-30 percent.”

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View Post: abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive ...
20 Nov 2009 by admin  
In the study, “The fastest runner on artificial legs: different limbs, similar function?,” researchers said Pistorius's blades allow him to turn over his strides more quickly and with more power than a runner with biological legs. ...
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