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| Check the latest posts on Stumps R Us and Disabilityinfo The following articles were selected for their inspirational or thought-provoking value (for NY Times articles, unfortunately only abstracts are free online): Archived Articles - A victim of the London bombings has had a prosthetic arm fitted to her bone
and skin in an operation which could herald "a new generation of reconstruction".
- Dean Kamen shows some video of the impressive, mind-controlled prosthetic robot arm he's invented...
By Dylan Tweney
Updated June 2, 2008
- Moving toward more lifelike artificial limbs - “Robo-moth” hybrid, squid's beak show promise for improving prostheses
By Bryn Nelson - MSNBC updated 12:06 a.m. ET,Mon., May. 12, 2008
Regimen Benefits Children with Cerebral Palsy New York Times February 3, 2004
A small study of babies and children with cerebral palsy suggested that they could learn to use their weaker arms by following an intensive form of therapy originally developed for adult stroke victims. Improvements were seen in as little as three weeks. The children’s dominant arm was put in a lightweight fiberglass cast. The children then received constraint-induced therapy and were praised lavishly whenever they began to learn new skills (including picking up puzzle pieces, breaking soap bubbles with their fingers, and pounding balls into holes with a plastic hammer). The children learned an average of nine new motor patterns (one 4-year-old, whose weaker arm previously hung limply at his side, learned to use it to play baseball—he bats with both hands and uses an adapted glove for his impaired hand).
It seems like this line of research may prove helpful for prosthetic training in children with upper limb differences.
Surfer on Her Way Up, Brought Down by a Shark New York Times November 4, 2003
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: THE WOUNDED; Rebuilding Bodies, and Lives, Maimed by War New York Times November 16, 2003 On The Job With Ann Ballentine: TV Anchor Never Weighed Down By Disability inMotion Magazine, March 1998 Ms. Ballentine is a news anchorwoman whose left arm ends two inches below her elbow. She is welcomed into homes across Wisconsin on WTMJ-TV, Channel 4, the state’s highest-rated station, is the proud mother of three and a happily married woman.
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