Advances in biomechanics and prosthetic engineering have significantly transformed our understanding of running in amputee athletes. The integration of running‐specific prostheses (RSPs) has enabled ...
Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Getting your car broken into is bad enough, but it's even worse when it's on your birthday. That's what happened to a San Francisco man who is training to join the U.S. Paralympic ...
Kids and young adults with limb loss got fitted to reach their running potential. More than a dozen Shriner’s Children’s Hospital patients gathered at the TRACK at New Balance in Brighton Saturday ...
BEAVERTON, Ore. — On a rainy day in Mississippi when he was just 16 years old, Richard Browne's life changed forever. He was jumping out of the rain into the front doorway of a laundromat when his ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a young man battling bone cancer is hoping someone will come across his stolen prosthetic leg. Doctors diagnosed Atticus Root with cancer at the age of 13. The next year ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A young man is racing toward his future despite a physical setback. He received life-changing care at Shriners Children’s Hospital in Shreveport and is now a patient ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The story of a Portland cancer survivor’s stolen prosthetic leg caught the attention of someone 1,900 miles away who now wants to help the victim. Randy Titony is the executive ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A 20-year-old Portland man lost a prosthetic leg, knee, and running blade to a car break-in earlier this month, and now a reward is being offered to help find the stolen ...