Amputee Athletes Take the Field at Bay Area Science Festival
From: Medical Design Technology - 10/19/2015

On November 7th, a unique cadre of athletes will showcase their skills at
AT&T Park. Unlike the typical players on this field, however, this group will
run for science, not sport: they're amputees who have returned to athletics
thanks to novel prosthetic technologies from UC San Francisco's Amputee
Comprehensive Training (ACT) program.

Visitors can hear these athletes' stories or watch their skills at this
year’s Bay Area Science Festival, the annual festival that runs from October
22 to November 7 this year. ACT program experts, who are participating for
the first time, will introduce visitors to tests of limb movement, gait
analysis, and amputee cycling.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:16) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/video/2015/10/amputee-athletes-take-field-bay-area-science-festival

Links:
Amputee Comprehensive Training (ACT) program
http://orthosurg.ucsf.edu/patient-care/divisions/orthotics-and-prosthetics/patient-information/amputee-comprehensive-training

Bay Area Science Festival
http://www.bayareascience.org