Spare artificial legs.

Spare artificial legs.

(not shown) suggested that the number of older children was a more influential variable. Eczema in the first year of life was also independently related to the number ofolder children in the household (see table). There was no association between eczema in infancy and younger children of the family (who were not yet born). Comment Variations in labelling respiratory symptoms probably exist amon...

Artificial Legs

Artificial Legs for Civilians

Sir,?As a layman, I.suppose it is. altogether out of order for me to invite the hospitality of your columns on the subject of artificial legs, but as seldom a day passes without my receiving letters of inquiry from civilians who have had the misfortune to lose a leg, I thought I might, as a thoroughly contented wearer of an artificial leg (above knee amputation), be forgiven for intruding. All ...

The fastest runner on artificial legs: different limbs, similar function?

The recent competitive successes of a bilateral, transtibial amputee sprint runner who races with modern running prostheses has triggered an international controversy regarding the relative function provided by his artificial limbs. Here, we conducted three tests of functional similarity between this amputee sprinter and competitive male runners with intact limbs: the metabolic cost of running,...

Dynamic alignment of artificial legs with the adjustable coupling.

SINCE World War II one of the most significant advances in limb prosthetics has been the introduction of rational principles for fitting and aligning artificial legs (2,11). The University of California (Berkeley—San Francisco), sponsored by the Veterans Administration, has been primarily responsible for the steady improvement in methods and devices used by prosthetists in artificial-leg constr...