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View Post: So Do Prosthetic Limbs Give Sprinters an Advantage Or Not ...
19 Nov 2009 by Clay Dillow  
and finally @gammaraylaser... How much thought did you really put into your comment? Joints (like our ankle) provide the same "bending and springing" action you seem to think we're missing. link to this comment ... One claims the time when artificial limbs surpass the performance of our own has come and gone. The other thought it ridiculous that removing the intricate machineries of muscle, tendon and bone in our lower legs could somehow enhance overall performance. ...
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View Post: Winning the arms race: The centuries-old quest to build a better ...
25 Nov 2009 by Alan Siegel  
He broke neck bones and ribs, sustained a diffuse axonal brain injury, a severed subclavian artery, nerve damage in his right hand and a punctured left knee joint. He needed a ventilator to help him breathe. ... Such devices use electromyographical signals from the muscles to control movements in the prosthetic limb. Reynolds himself uses one, with an artificial shoulder joint. The battery-powered bundle of plastic, metal and wires weighs 7½ pounds. ...
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View Post: Orthopaedic Surgery in India at Jaslok Health Group under ...
24 Nov 2009 by admin  
Orthopaedic Surgery provides a broad range of services, all related to the body's bones, joints, and muscles. Primarily it address injuries, and diseases affecting the limbs, including the leg, hip, knee, ankle, foot, shoulder, elbow, wrist , ... Shoulder joint replacement surgery is a type of Orthopaedic Surgery which is performed to replace a shoulder joint with artificial components when the joint is severely damaged by such degenerative joint diseases as arthritis, ...
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View Post: VOFD - Orthopaedic Surgery in India at Jaslok Health Group beneath ...
29 Nov 2009
Orthopaedic Anaplasty provides a ample ambit of services, all accompanying to the body's bones, joints, and muscles. Primarily it abode injuries, and diseases affecting the limbs, including the leg, hip, knee, ankle, foot, shoulder, ... The bogus collective genitalia are fabricated of artificial or metal and action aloof like a normal, advantageous joint. Patients adversity from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis of the accept are alluringly ill-fitted for Accept ...
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View Post: Evaluating the Gait Analysis of Ardi - Answers in Genesis
24 Nov 2009
The understanding of the bipedal biomechanics of humans is not a simple process.1 There are 26 bones, approximately 30 joints, over 100 ligaments, and 15 different muscles in three layers in each foot, along with tendons from the lower ... The results of the gait analysis presented in the video are therefore biased on the artificial input data supplied to replace the missing parts of the specimen. As a podiatrist I have listed six gait problems from the findings on Ardi ...
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View Post: Billy Polson's Top Seven Health and Fitness Fixes - Gay Men and ...
30 Nov 2009 by RealJock  
Avoiding stretching and over-stretching both lead to weaker muscles overall. Maintaining your body's ideal muscle balance is vital to keeping you pain-free, keeping your joints from wearing improperly (often leading to injuries or even .... Stop buying anything in the middle of the grocery store as well as all the artificial 'food' and supplements from the gym or supplement store; let's only shop in the produce and butcher/deli areas of the supermarket (or better yet, ...
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View Post: Info Biru [dot] Com: How the prosthesis for Transtibial amputees ...
22 Nov 2008 by Nur Rachmat  
Hyper extended Stump. The reason is due to the strong knee extensor muscle (Quadriceps muscle), which unopposed by the knee flexor muscle. The Gastrocnemius which serve as a flexor of knee joint had been cut during amputation. ... Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1974;55:111-119. 2.Murphy EE, Wilson AB Jr. Anatomical and psychological considerations in BK prosthesis. Artificial Limbs. 1962;6:4-15. 3.http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/intl/z15/z15001p1/z1500104.html ...
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View Post: Different Solutions For Backache
Paracetamol
25 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: Scientists engineer fake meat - Boing Boing
30 Nov 2009 by Lisa Katayama  
That's all good and fine, but I'm having a scary mental forecast: sooner or later, some twisted fuck of a scientist is going to grow artificial pain nerves, for the explicit purpose of torturing the nerves . .... Resistance for muscle training would be provided by the elasticity of the plastic scaffolding. Mount a "twin" on the other side of the sheet, like the muscle pairs on animal joints, and they can flex back and forth exercising each other and ensuring the tissue ...
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View Post: Your Health Online
Acute Edema and Back Pain
22 Nov 2009 ...
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