Amputees Learn to Excel at Sports
From: NBC Bay Area News - 05/05/2012
By: Marianne Favro

At the UCSF Human Performance Center, amputees receive specialized prosthetic
limbs and training that will help them excel at sports. 

Watch a video (2:18) at:
http://video.app.msn.com/watch/video/amputees-learn-to-excel-at-sports/1d2qayq1a

Links:
UCSF Human Performance Center
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/human_performance_center/index.html

Other:
Alan Shanken – A CAF board member and mentor, Alan has been a below-knee
amputee since age three. He specializes in rough-water distance swims around
the country, and has competed in three Escape from Alcatraz Triathlons.