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	Outcome Study: The Progression of Spinal Deformity in Paraplegic Children Fitted with Reciprocating Gait Orthoses - ...
		When considering the orthotic management of the paraplegic child, one should remember that any conceptual distinction that is made between the improvement of function and the prevention of deformity is artificial because both functional and preventative purposes are required simultaneously.
		Although the LSU RGO is intended for paraplegic children and routinely used by them, there is no information that shows the effectiveness of this form of management in the prevention of deformity, a fundamental orthotic principle.
		It is important to note that prevention of deformity in the traumatic paraplegic adult is perhaps less important than in children, because the skeletal frame in the adult is typically fully developed at the time of injury.
	www.oandp.org /jpo/library/1999_04_079.asp (3471 words)

	List of paraplegic people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank Gardner (journalist) - Prominent BBC journalist who became paralysed after being shot 6 times at point blank range by Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.
		Boris Kustodiev - Russian painter, became paraplegic due to tuberculosis of the spine
		Franklin D. Roosevelt - became paralyzed in both legs at the age of 39 due to polio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_paraplegic_people (89 words)

	Paralinks Archives: Spinal Cord Injury; Paraplegic - Quadriplegic
		University of Utah researchers have won $6 million in federal grants to develop wireless electrodes that would be implanted to provide blind people with artificial vision and stimulate paralyzed body parts so disabled people could walk, talk or control a computer with their thoughts.
		Vinny Lauwers a 32-year-old paraplegic, sailed into his home port of Melbourne last Saturday, ending an eight-month epic journey that saw him become the first paraplegic to sail non-stop, solo and unassisted around the world.
		He told us here at Paralinks that before he was a paraplegic he was a macho dude and did not give much thought to how either his wife, when he was married- or his later girlfriend- felt about their sexuality.
	paralinks.net /paralinksarchives (2247 words)

	Quadriplegic and Paraplegic Spinal Cord Injury support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Paraplegic and Quadriplegic are terms used to describe someone who has been paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury.
		Someone with a spinal cord injury will have a long road of rehabilitation ahead of them, and it is important that they keep their sense of humor on their bad days to help them maintain a positive attitude.
		Both Paraplegics and Quadriplegics should have some kind of rehabilitation before they are discharged from hospital, to help them get used to life in a wheelchair, and to help teach techniques which make everyday life easier.
	www.apparelyzed.com (825 words)

	The Alberta Paraplegic Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was established to create a permanent legacy to honour what Rick had accomplished and to support his objective to increase awareness of the potential of people with disabilities.
		The Canadian Paraplegic Association (Alberta) was the founding member of the foundation through the contribution of a bequest left by the late Thomas Geater who asked that his money support spinal regeneration research.
		Established in 1987, The Alberta Paraplegic Foundation funds medical research related to spinal cord injury and the development of rehabilitation, wheelchair sports and awareness programs.
	www.paraplegicfoundation.org (318 words)

	The World at Our Feet by Wolfgangf - Consulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I discovered that not all paraplegics are 100% confined to their wheelchairs, many drag their feet and use their crutches and their arms and upper body to ambulate from one place to another.
		In most cases the paraplegic individual eventually returns to their wheelchair, because it is easier to get around in large areas.
		So life as a paraplegic teacher began for me. I was so thrilled and happy to be excepted back in the normal world again.
	maxpages.com /paraplegic - !http://www.maxpages.com/paraplegic (1863 words)

	Paraplegic kitty gets around fine - August 2, 2004
		Davis and her fiancé, Gordon Sievers, built a chariot for the paraplegic kitten to get around in.
		ASHLAND — A tiny kitten whose back was broken in a raccoon attack has a new lease on life, thanks to a veterinarian and a new set of wheels.
		Alice Davis of Bear Creek Animal Clinic and her fiancé, Gordon Sievers, fitted the kitten with a chariot made from a K’NEX set, the modern-day version of an Erector set.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/0802/local/stories/02local.htm (407 words)

	British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		George Bedbrook, the head of the Australian team to the 1960 Paralympics suggested to other representatives of the Commonwealth that a similar event be associated with the Commonwealth Games to be held in Perth in 1962.
		About ten nations and 100 athletes took part in the competitions and the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Council was formed to develop further events for disabled athletes from the Commonwealth countries.
		The games were held again four years later in conjunction with the Kingston Commonwealth games in 1966, and with the participation from some of the Caribbean nations the number of athletes participating doubled to about 200.
	www.internationalgames.net /britishCommParGames.htm (193 words)

	Biomedical Engineering - Design A Paraplegic Equestrian Saddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, none of the employees of the saddle company are familiar with the needs of a paraplegic rider.
		The saddle company will be your client, but the saddle company is clearly not the end user of the saddle; both the paraplegic rider and the horse are the end users of the saddle.
		While each individual's physical disabilities and limitations are unique, a saddle which meets the general needs of a paraplegic rider is very desirable.
	www.swe.org /iac/LP/saddle_08.html (296 words)

	Implanted Device Helps Paraplegic to Take Steps • Your Podiatry Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rabischong explained that most paraplegics would not be candidates for the implant.
		Patients "need muscles to be able to stand, so the injury must not have damaged the brain's motor center to the lower limbs," he said in a BBC news story.
		For those who do experience success, crutches are still needed and the patients will probably still spend most of their time in a wheelchair, the researchers emphasize.
	www.podiatrychannel.com /PodiatryWorld/implanted.shtml (332 words)

	Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia) Scholarships
		The Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia) has recognized the need for persons with disabilities to continue their education.
		The achievement of continuing one's education is one method of obtaining independence and self-reliance resulting in a higher quality of lifestyle.
		When this club disbanded, the remaining members donated some of its assets to the Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia) to provide a scholarship for students with a spinal cord injury who are involved in some aspect of sports.
	www.nsnet.org /cpans/schol.html (330 words)

	9news.com \| News \| Paraplegic CU grad trains for next long swim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In September 2003, Pipoly, 33, became the first paraplegic to swim the 21-mile Catalina Channel from Long Beach, California to Catalina Island.
		The swim, however, was cut short when park rangers informed him that he was swimming in a no-swimming zone.
		Paralyzed from the chest down in a 1998 car accident, the University of Colorado graduate became the first American paraplegic and only the second paraplegic in the world to swim the English Channel.
	www.9news.com /acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=bb1d42b1-0abe-421a-0107-c60eceb6822c&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf (174 words)

	Rainier-ascending paraplegic says he just wanted to climb mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The weather was bad, and Rieke, a paraplegic, conquered the mountain using a custom-built snowpod.
		As the first paraplegic climber to reach the mountain's 14,411-foot crown -- traveling 9,000 feet in 11 days -- Rieke made history.
		But Rieke's goal wasn't to become the first paraplegic to climb the 33rd-highest peak in the United States.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/clim22.shtml (1129 words)

	Re: colonectomy in a paraplegic
		In Reply to: colonectomy in a paraplegic posted by daniel on December 14, 1998 at 18:15:50:
		In patients with ulcerative colitis who are refractory to medical therapy (steroids, aminosalicylates etc.) total proctocolectomy with ileostomy can be curative.
		Your overall general medical health and presence of comorbid illnesses are more important in determining higher risk for surgery.
	www.medhelp.org /perl6/gastro/archive/5092.html (261 words)

	Paraplegic Rehabilitation: Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This case is appropriate for physical therapists, occupational therapists, orthotists, social workers, respiratory therapists, and those in similar areas.
		To demonstrate interdisciplinary teamwork in the rehabilitation of a paraplegic.
		To discuss the detailed management of a paraplegic in a major spinal cord injury hospital in South Africa.
	www.vhct.org /case1599/index.shtml (141 words)

	ABC News: Paraplegic Sues Chrysler Over Heated Seat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Paraplegic Who Suffered Burns When Heated Seat of SUV Malfunctioned Sues Chrysler
		KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Dec 17, 2004 — A paraplegic man who suffered burns when the heated seat of his SUV malfunctioned is suing Daimler Chrysler Corp. for $14.1 million.
		Matt Beller, of Klamath Falls, who filed the suit this week in U.S. District Court in Eugene, said he was in his 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the temperature of the driver's seat climbed to more than 150 degrees last Feb. 20.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=341233 (234 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Paraplegic breakthrough using adult stem cells
		In an apparent major breakthrough, scientists in Korea report using umbilical cord blood stem cells to restore feeling and mobility to a spinal-cord injury patient.
		The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cythotherapy, centered on a woman had been a paraplegic 19 years due to an accident.
		The scientists conclude the transplantation "could be a good treatment method" for paraplegic patients.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46546 (393 words)

	Implants Help Paraplegic Walk
		NEW YORK, Sept 05 (Reuters) -- Neurostimulator implants surgically attached to nerves as they exit the spine have enabled one paraplegic patient to take steps, according to a report from Great Britain.
		Nick Donaldson and his colleagues from the implanted devices group at University College, London, England, surgically placed lumbar anterior-root stimulator implants (LARSI) on nerve roots as they emerged from the vertebrae of the lumbar spine in two patients paralyzed from the waist down.
		"We are optimistic that LARSI implants will enable some paraplegics to stand (with balance support from the hands), to walk short distances, and to do recreational cycling," the researchers conclude.
	www.personalmd.com /news/a1997090508.shtml (273 words)

	CDNN :: Lucky Paraplegic Diver Tries Not To Waste His Luck
		Tuttle, who graduated from Soquel High in 1967, regularly dives along the Monterey Peninsula and is one of only two disabled volunteer divers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
		Every other Saturday, he and Steve Lyon, a 47-year-old paraplegic, spend three hours cleaning the glass at various exhibits, siphoning algae from the bottoms and performing fish-feeding shows for members of the public.
		On July 17, 1978, at the age of 17, Shared Adventures founder Foster Andersen was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him a paraplegic.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i040716a/i040716a.html (977 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Paraplegic swimmer at home in water
		Twenty-one years later, as a paraplegic, he tried again and finished with energy to spare.
		Jason Pipoly was 11 years old and four miles short of finishing the channel swim when he ran out of stamina and his father had to pull him out of the water.
		Last year, Pipoly became the first U.S. paraplegic to cross the 22-mile English Channel, swimming it in 13 hours and 48 minutes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/metro/20030901-9999_1m1swimmer.html (661 words)

	Paraplegic driver missing in crash mystery - National - smh.com.au
		Paraplegic driver missing in crash mystery - National - smh.com.au
		Police are searching rugged bushland for a paraplegic man whose car and wheelchair were found at the bottom of a 10-metre ravine in a northern NSW national park.
		The 36-year-old Kingscliff man's Subaru Outback four-wheel-drive was discovered by a field officer at the Border Ranges National Park, 60 kilometres north-west of Lismore, yesterday.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/paraplegic-driver-missing-in-crash-mystery/2005/09/28/1127804517958.html?from=moreStories (308 words)

	{ \small IGR Report, GR/M47256/01}\ Robust Multi-Model Control with \Application in Rehabilitation Engineering
		A key outcome of this project was the successful evaluation, in experimental trials involving paraplegic subjects, of robust multi-model based feedback design strategies for the unsupported standing problem.
		A schematic diagram of our unsupported standing control structure and the experimental apparatus used for evaluation is shown in figure 1.
		Verification of the theoretical multi-model control methods and the associated constructive algorithms was carried out in experiments with volunteer paraplegic subjects.
	fesnet.eng.gla.ac.uk /CRE/overview7.html (2015 words)

	Cop Punches Paraplegic at Strip Club - Alien Soup
		An Indianapolis police veteran is under criminal investigation after witnesses said the off-duty officer punched a paraplegic in the face, knocking him out of his wheelchair, after an angry exchange of words in an Eastside strip club.
		The paraplegic, Michael Farmer, 22, of Camby, said he was struck so hard that some of his teeth were chipped.
		Hittel is an eight-year IPD veteran who was in the news last week after he and another IPD officer discovered a body off I-70 in Henry County.
	forums.aliensoup.com /showthread.php?t=8588 (493 words)

	CNN.com - Daytona track worker killed by paraplegic's car - Feb. 9, 2004
		A paraplegic pursuing his love of auto racing struck and killed a worker picking up track debris during a race at the Daytona International Speedway, an accident that has raised questions about worker safety during races.
		Roy H. Weaver III, 44, who worked at the speedway for seven years, was in the middle of turn No. 2 during a caution period when he was killed, track spokesman David Talley said Sunday.
		The driver, Ray Paprota, 41, is the first known paraplegic to race in a national stock car series.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/South/02/09/daytona.death.ap (602 words)

	Increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias is associated with changes in Ca2+ regulatory proteins in ...
		Paraplegia increased the relative abundance of SERCA (by 45%) and Na/Ca exchanger (by 40%) with a concomitant decrease in phospholamban (–28%); P < 0.05, intact vs. paraplegic* rats.
		The increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in paraplegic
		Increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in hypertensive paraplegic rats.
	ajpheart.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/285/6/H2605 (4613 words)

	Russel Metlitzky - Paraplegic BASE Jumper - "Project pBASE" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The fourth jump was the first time a paraplegic ever made a solo BASE jump.
		This jump became the fist time a paraplegic would take an extended delay and at the same time go with the pilot chute stowed.
		There is a paraplegic skydiver in South Africa that lands skydiving this way so I know it works.
	zerop.net /base (2884 words)

	Wired News: Chip Helps Paraplegic Walk
		Suddenly, we were not teaching a paraplegic to cope with a wheelchair, but to walk," Merger was quoted as saying in French regional daily
		Merger walks by pressing buttons on a walking frame which acts as a remote control for the chip, sending impulses through fine wires to stimulate his leg muscles, newspapers said.
		Doctors who carried out the operation in the southeastern city of Montpellier said they had not repaired Merger's injury and the system would only work for paraplegics whose muscles had remained alive despite damage to their nerves.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,35056,00.html (555 words)

	Welcome to PQA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association is a South Australian non-profit community organisation established in 1963 to serve and promote the best interests of people with disabilities in a manner which recognises their worth and dignity, their right to experience life's events and to develop their own potential.
		PQA, The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of South Australia Incorporated has been providing high quality services to the disability sector since 1963 and provides a range of services to adults with a physical or neurological condition, primarily those persons with a Spinal Cord Injury who use a wheelchair for their mobility.
		The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of South Australia Incorporated (PQA) has an elected volunteer Board of Management, General Manager, Professional Staff, and trained Volunteers, and operates two divisions, PARAQUAD SA and HOMECARE PLUS.
	www.paraquad-sa.asn.au (300 words)

	KAKE \| Paraplegic Murder
		The man charged with murdering a paraplegic man takes the stand in his own defense.
		The state tried to poke holes in Baker's testimony by referring to an expert's earlier testimony that it would take 12 and a half pounds of pressure to pull the trigger.
		Fields weighed 99 pounds, was a paraplegic with cerebral palsy, and suffered from severe muscle atrophy.
	www.kake.com /home/headlines/441901.html (214 words)

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