Consequently, many develop rickets, pneumonia or limb deformities.
The rate of scarring outpaces collagen's natural breakdown, choking the life out of the organ or paralyzing a limb.
These veterans could have one or more disabling injuries, such as chronic pain, an amputated limb, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr Charles felt the music was there even earlier, like an extra limb or a sixth sense, as soon as he was born.
The notorious Welsh pirate, Black Bart, promised a pension of 800 pieces of eight- that's silver- to any of his crew who lost a limb or were disabled in battle.
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At the University of Konstanz in Germany, neuropsychology professor Thomas Elbert uses plasticity-based therapy with stroke patients who have lost the use of a limb or their ability to speak.
For those who don't quit, amputation of all or part of a limb may be necessary.
They have the effects of heart disease, or they break a limb, and they have no way of paying for it.
He's known for performing "cryosurgery"--a form of surgery that uses liquid nitrogen or nitrous oxide to freeze off cancerous tumors rather than cutting them out or amputating the host limb.
In the stroke rehabilitation arena, Jackson's group hopes to restore movement in people who have paralysis or partial paralysis in a limb.
The first study focused on a treatment for critical limb ischemia, or severe blockage in the arteries of the lower legs and feet of elderly patients.
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While she doesn't always care to draw attention to her prosthetic, Gustafson does always make sure the socket that fits around her residual limb has a bit of fun or sparkle to it.
' When I amputate a limb, it's because it's gangrenous or doesn't work right.
So even when their eyes are closed they can get a sense of whether an artificial arm is extended, or if there is resistance to a grasping motion, making the limb feel less detached and unnatural than an EMG device.
In future, therefore, it may be possible to pop a pill or have a shot to keep you both free of heart disease and lithe of limb.
His work in neurology has helped patients with phantom limb pain, a particularly cruel affliction for people who have lost an arm or a leg.
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Researchers at the University of Manchester are turning to virtual reality once again, not to have another go 'round at proving whether telepathy is real or not, but to help individuals with amputated limbs recover from so-called "phantom limb pain, " a sensation wherein amputees appear to feel pain in their lost limb.
Over the past two years, Strut Your Stuff has inspired people to go out in their community for the first time without a cosmetic cover, reveal to co-workers that they're living with a prosthetic, or even leave the confines of their own homes, which they hadn't done since their limb loss.
So when the reinnervated skin (on the chest or shoulder, perhaps) is touched, it registers to the patient as a sensation in the missing limb.
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