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AMPUTATED SIDE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sports (General)
DEF

The side of the body where a limb or part of a limb has been amputated.

CONT

General Deviations. Lateral Trunk Bending Presentation-athlete leans towards their amputated side during prosthetic stance. The athlete has difficulty stabilizing on the prosthetic side.

OBS

The term amputated side is frequently found in a modified form :amputated leg side, amputated arm side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sports (Généralités)
DEF

Côté du corps où un membre ou une partie d'un membre a été amputé.

CONT

Les stabilisateurs permettent à l'amputé fémoral de s'équilibrer en skiant. [...] On peut monter en téléski sur une jambe, en utilisant un stabilisateur du côté amputé.

OBS

Nous trouvons habituellement des variantes du terme, par exemple, côté de la jambe amputée, côté du bras amputé.

Spanish

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