29-36 ATLEŢII CU HANDICAP LOCOMOTOR ŞI PERFORMANŢA


DISABLED ATHLETES AND PERFORMANCE
The technological advances in carbon fiber prosthetics, allows
individuals with lower extremity amputation to once again practice sports for
their personal fitness or as a professional athlete. With the use of flex-foot,
amputee athletes can now compete at almost at the same level as able-bodied
ones, and can even challenge them for titles. An increased understanding of
the spring-like leg function and stiffness is expected to aid in prosthetic design,
and whit the use of composite materials like carbon fiber the assumption of
functional inferiority may no longer be valid.
Keywords: orthopedic prosthesis, carbon fiber, solicitation, disabled
athlete, flexes -foo
Cuvinte cheie: proteză ortopedică, fibra de carbon, solicitare, atlet cu
dizabilitati, flex-foot

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