An above-the-knee amputee, Gallegos has worn a prosthetic on her left leg for the last 40 years and had never run until Saturday's clinic. When she arrived at the track at Highland, she was ...

Eventually, after a fifth unsuccessful operation, surgeons decided there was no alternative but to amputate her leg above the knee ... been carried out sooner, amputation would have been avoided ...

Sullivan races against women with one biological leg and one above-knee amputation. Her wins at the 2007 Paralympic National Championships unofficially broke the world record for 200m, taking ...

For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without one ... An early childhood clean-up amputation made her an above-knee amputee. She was a hopper and did not know any different ...

In July, Matilda had surgery to amputate her leg above the knee to stop the cancer from spreading. The former Herne Bay High pupil told KentOnline: “It was weird at first because it still felt ...

In it he writes, "When above-the-knee amputees walk, we generate seven to nine times the force of our body weight right into the point where the prosthesis meets our residual leg. For me ...

A scan in April revealed a sarcoma and her leg was removed above the knee. She said working as ... told in May her only chance of survival was amputation. "When they told me I had to have my ...