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Winning Technology: Bridging The Gap

brought to you by Ebuyer.com technology delivered BRIDGING THE GAP WINNING TECHNOLOGY IN 1948 SIR LUDWIG GUTTMANN BEGAN A SPORTING REHABILITATION PROGRAMME FOR WAR VETERANS WITH SPINAL INJURIES. SINCE THIS TIME NEW EVENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED SO THAT, THIS SUMMER, OVER 4200 ATHLETES FROM 6 MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS WILL COMPETE ACROSS 22 DISABLED SPORTS. COUNTRIES IN DISABLED SPORTING EVENT COUNTRIES IN ABLED SPORTING NUMBER OF DISABLED SPORTS NUMBER OF ABLED SPORTS EVENT 1976 40 92 11 2012 171 204 22 35 INCREASE 327% 122% 180% 88% DISABLED SPORT 300 35 250 30 ABLED SPORT 25 200 20 150 15 100 10 50 1976 2012 1976 2012 THE MEN'S 100 METRES ! DISABLED ATHLETES ABLED ATHLETES 3 4 5 6 LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK JOSE REINALDO PIEIRA CARL LEWIS 1984 PORTUGAL USA 12.94 9.99 SECONDS SECONDS TONY VOLPENTEST DONOVAN BAILEY ATLANTA 1996 USA CANADA 11.36 9.84 SECONDS SECONDS OSCAR PISTORJUS USAIN BOLT BEIJING 2889 208 SOUTH AFRICA JAMAICA 11.17 9.69 SECONDS SECONDS WOMEN'S DISABLED ATHLETES ABLED ATHLETES 100M FREESTYLE LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK JUDY GOODRICH CARRIE STEINSEIFER 1984 CANADA USA 1.23.13 55.92 MINUTES SECONDS CLAUDIA HENGST JINGYI LE ATLANTA 1996 GERMANY CHINA (1.84.68 54.5 MINUTES SECONDS ASHLEY OWENS BRITTA STEFFEN BEIJING 2008 USA GERMANY (1.81.57 53.12 MINUTES SECONDS WOMEN'S TEAM ARCHERY DISABLED ATHLETES ABLED ATHLETES 1 5 ITALY SOUTH KOREA SYDNEY 200 GOLD SCORE GOLD SCORE 199 251 POINTS POINTS GREAT BRITAIN SOUTH KOREA ATHENS 2004 GOLD SCORE GOLD $CORE 184 241 POINTS POINTS CHINA SOUTH KOREA BEIJING 208 GOLD SCORE GOLD ȘCORE 205 224 POINTS POINTS KEY POINTS IN PROSTHETIC HISTORY 1984 FLEX-FOOT IN 1984, FLEX-FOOT INC. COMPLETED THE DESIGN OF A CARBON GRAPHITE ENERGY STORAGE AND RETURN FOOT THAT WAS BASED ON A CHEETAH'S C-SHAPE HIND LEG TO RETURN STORED ENERGY WHEN PUSHING OFF DURING WALKING, WHICH IS NOW THE TYPE OF FOOT USED BY THE MAJORITY OF ATHLETES IN DISABLED SPORTS. 1986 SILICONE SOCKET IN 1986, ÖSSUR INTRODUCED THE ICELANDIC ROLL ON SILICONE SOCKET (ICEROSS), WHICH CUSHIONS WEIGHT-BEARING ON THE PROSTHESIS, PRE-STRETCHES THE TISSUES INSIDE THE SOCKET TO MINIMISE UP-AND-DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE PROSTHESIS, AND SUSPENDS THE PROSTHESIS VIA A LOCKING PIN AT THE END OF THE SOCKET. 1990 INTELLIGENT PROSTHESIS IN 1990, BLATCHFORD COMMENCED THE DESIGN OF THE INTELLIGENT PROSTHESIS (IP), WHICH WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PROSTHETIC KNEE JOINT IN THE WORLD THAT WAS CONTROLLED BY A MICROPROCESSOR AND COULD BE PROGRAMMED FOR DIFFERENT WALKING PATTERNS TO SAVE ENERGY DURING WALKING. 2006 PROPRIO FOOT IN 2006, ÖSSUR INTRODUCED THE PROPRIO FOOT, WHICH HAS AN EXTERNALLY POWERED, MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED ANKLE JOINT THAT ENABLES ACTIVE LIFT OF THE FOREFOOT PART WHILE SWINGING THE FOOT FORWARD FOR IMPROVED GROUND CLEARANCE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FALLS AND ENABLE A MORE NATURAL WALKING PATTERN. WILL THE GAP HETWEEN AALED ATHLETES &DISABLED ATHLETES EVENTURLLY DISAPPEAR? Ebuyer.com University of Salford technology delivered SOURCES MANCHESTER www.SALFORD.AC.UK www.UEL.AC.UK INGAADOETIL FAST!

Winning Technology: Bridging The Gap

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