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Record number: 582
Last update: May 2005
Last update: May 2005
Editorial data: Testo: Caracciolo A. (Fond. Don Gnocchi), Pasqualetti C. (La Nostra Famiglia) Immagine: www.paralympic.org
Description:
(text automatically translated from Italian) For the skiers in feet, and in particular persons amputated to the lower limbs, can be present: one or two ski depending on the the type and of the level of amputation to the lower limb. The rods introduce the added one of two small skis to the extremities in order to improve the balance and the directionality of the trajectory. For persons with upper limb amputation it is previewed I use it of an only rod.
(text automatically translated from Italian) For the skiers in feet, and in particular persons amputated to the lower limbs, can be present: one or two ski depending on the the type and of the level of amputation to the lower limb. The rods introduce the added one of two small skis to the extremities in order to improve the balance and the directionality of the trajectory. For persons with upper limb amputation it is previewed I use it of an only rod.
