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Home Page | Articles posted by Libby Johnston ( Page 7)

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Jun16

How to put on your walking boot

Jun16

Post Surgical Pillow Sling

Jun16

Aspen Cervical Neck Brace

Jun16

Hip Abduction Brace

Jun16

TLSO Custom Back Brace

Jun16

Range of Motion Knee Brace

Jun15

Amputee Dave Sninsky’s prosthesis profile

Dec18

Effects of Bracing in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis

We conducted a multicenter study that included patients with typical indications for bracing due to their age, skeletal immaturity, and degree of scoliosis. Both a randomized cohort and a preference cohort were enrolled. Of 242 patients included in the analysis, 116 were randomly assigned to bracing or observation, and 126 chose between bracing and observation. Patients in the bracing group were instructed to wear the brace at least 18 hours per day. The primary outcomes were curve progression to 50 degrees or more (treatment failure) and skeletal maturity without this degree of curve progression (treatment success).

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Apr08

Steps to recovery

Local woman recovering from double leg amputation following motorcycle accident

By Mary Hill
mhill@titusvilleherald.com
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 12:05 AM EDT

Titusville area resident Catherine Fielding has a goal: to walk to her daughter’s college graduation in May.

To most people, walking anywhere sounds simple enough, but for Fielding, walking is anything but easy, since she had a double amputation of her legs last summer after suffering critical injuries in a motorcycle accident on June 10, in Butler.

Fielding’s injuries were so severe, she had her left leg amputated, and, two months after the accident, she underwent a below-the-knee amputation to her right leg.

She said she has been using a below-the-knee prosthetic right leg since the end of October, and she recently began physical therapy sessions to learn how to use her left leg prosthesis.

“I just got my left leg and I’m walking on two legs now,” Fielding said. “As soon as your body is ready and you’re healed, you are fitted with the prosthesis.”

Fielding said she was fitted with prosthetics from Dellatorre.

She added that she is still using a walker for assistance, but plans to “walk in that door” when her daughter, Krysta Simmons, receives her master’s degree in psychology from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, this May.

“I am going to walk to my daughter’s graduation and I am going to walk proud,” Fielding said.

She also wants to challenge her 1-year-old grandchild, Keira, “to see who walks first.”

Fielding said she has another grandchild, Alana, who is 6-years-old “going on 7.”

But, 10 months ago, it was a different story. Fielding nearly lost her life from the injuries she suffered in the accident.

According to Jennifer Davis, media relations spokesperson at West Penn Allegheny Health System, Fielding and her boyfriend, John Leddy, were injured in the motorcycle accident that happened north of Butler, on state Route 68, when Leddy lost control of the bike.

Fielding said when the accident occurred, she went off the bike and hit a guardrail “spread eagle,” and severed the main artery in her left leg. She said she was wearing a helmet.

“If I didn’t have that helmet on, I wouldn’t be here. That helmet saved my life,” Fielding said.

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Apr08

Catherine is determined to walk at her daughter’s graduation

A grandmother who lost both of her legs in a motorcycle crash is defying the odds all while stunning doctors with her optimistic outlook on life. Catherine Fielding says she’s determined to walk at her daughter’s graduation.

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