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Front Matter i-iii
Bilateral Hip Disarticulation Casting Fabrication and Traing 1-1
Controls Training for the Bilateral Amputee 2-2
Diary of a Sergeant 3-3
Gait Analysis 4-4
Good-bye To Captain Hook 5-5
Immediate Postoperative Fitting of the Below-knee Amputee 6-6
Immediate Postsurgical Prosthesis 7-7
Meet Jerry Leavy 8-8
New Legs 9-9
One Step at a Time 10-10
Physical Therapy Management of a Bilateral Lower-extremity Amputee 11-11
Problems of Amputee Joint Alignment 12-12
Rehabilitation of the Quadruple Amputee 13-13
Speaking of Nurses Nursing Care of the Amputee 14-14
Surgery and Immediate Prosathetic Rehabilitation of the Peripheral Vascular Disease Amputee 15-15
Techniques of Biceps Cineplasty 16-16
A Triple Amputee Steps Out 17-17
Upper-extremity Prosthetics Principles 18-18
The Urban Maes Amputation for Peripheral Vascular Disease 19-20
Child Upper-extremity Amputees 21-21
Congenital Absence of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum 22-22
Early Development of Ambulation--unilateral Below-knee Amputee 23-23
Juan Irigoyen Yepez 24-24
Kevin Is Four 25-25
Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency 26-26
Upper-extremity Prosthetic Checkout Procedures-below Elbow 27-27
Assistive Devices for the Physically Handicapped 28-28
The Heather Hand 29-29
Kinetics and Orthotics for Function 30-30
Nonoperative Treatment of Scoliosis With Milwaukee Brace 31-31
The Nonoperative Treatment of Scoliesit and Round Back by the Milwaukee Brace 32-32

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Review of visual aids for prosthetics and orthotics (1969)

Chapter: Meet Jerry Leavy

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Review of visual aids for prosthetics and orthotics (1969)

Chapter: Meet Jerry Leavy