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2. Rotationplasty - Wikipedia

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   After the leg has sufficiently healed, the leg can be fitted for a prosthetic. Advantages and disadvantages Advantages. Rotationplasty allows the use of the knee joint, whereas amputation would result in loss of that joint. Therefore, it provides a better attachment point and range of motion for a prosthetic limb.

3. Jaipur foot - Wikipedia

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   Jaipur foot. The Jaipur foot, also known as the Jaipur leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations. Although inferior in many ways to the composite carbon fibre variants, its variable applicability and cost efficiency make it an acceptable choice for prosthesis.

4. Flex-Foot Cheetah - Wikipedia

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   Flex-Foot Cheetah. The Flex-Foot Cheetah is a prosthetic human foot replacement developed by biomedical engineer Van Phillips, who had lost a leg below the knee at age 21; the deficiencies of existing prostheses led him to invent this new prosthesis. The Flex-Foot Cheetah and similar models are worn by Oscar Pistorius and other amputee athletes ...

5. NHL amputee returns to ice with prosthetic leg, custom skate

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   Still, even after the amputation, Cunningham has remained an active member of the hockey world and is now working on getting his on-ice skills back with the help of his custom-made prosthetic.

6. Prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   A prosthesis is a functional replacement for an amputated or congenitally malformed or missing limb. Prosthetists are responsible for the prescription, design, and management of a prosthetic device. In most cases, the prosthetist begins by taking a plaster cast of the patient's affected limb.

7. Human technology provides prosthetic limbs for pets

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   An abusive owner had amputated her legs, forcing her to drag herself around by her forepaws. Thankfully Amy Felts, a dog trainer, adopted Goody Two Shoes and worked to rehabilitate the pup both.