Military Amputee Workshop Slated for BAMC

A three-day Military Amputee Advance Skills Training Workshop is slated for May 10-12 at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

The workshop will focus on elevating the ability to deliver comprehensive care and improve physical performance of amputees from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through prosthetic fitting, therapeutic training, and educating the rehabilitation team in the methods of advanced prosthetic and training techniques.

Sponsored by Ossur North America, Aliso Viejo, California, the workshop aims to:

" Improve the physical performance of military and veteran lower-limb amputees;

" Educate Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and civilian prosthetists in socket fabrication, component selection, and alignment for high-activity prosthetics;

" Provide comprehensive education on the biomechanics of running, multidirectional tasks, and sport-specific training techniques for amputees;

" Examine and implement training techniques to improve performance of military-related tasks;

" Provide information regarding adaptive equipment designed to enhance athletic performance; and

" Interact and meet veteran soldiers and world-class athletes.

Athletes participating include Paralympic champion Earle Connor, Ironman and Paralympic champion Paul Martin, triathlete Matt Henderson, and Ironman athlete Sarah Reinertsen.

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