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Prosthetics and Orthotics International Volume 19, 1995 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Design and manufacture of a high performance water-ski seating system for use by an individual with bilateral trans-femoral amputations

M. Buckley Clinical Engineering Group, North Western Medical Physics Department, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK
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G. Heath School of Prosthetics and Orthotics, University College Salford, UK
Pages 120-123 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A high performance seating unit has been produced for a water-skier with bilateral trans-femoral amputations. The system, in which the user sits whilst skiing, has helped the client to further her sporting career and enabled her to compete successfully at the highest levels of disabled water-skiing competition.

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