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PROSTHETIC KNEE IS MAKING
STRIDES THANKS TO NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
23ABC'S LIA STEINBERG JOINS US
WITH HIS STORY, LIA?
JACKIE, LOWER LIMB AMPUTEES IN
KERN COUNTY ARE AMONG THE FIRST
IN THE UNITED STATES TO RECEIVE
THE WORLD'S FIRST
AND ONLY MOTORIZED PROSTHETIC
KNEE.
WHEN
CHRIS ALLEN GOT IN A
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ONE YEAR
AGO, HE NEVER THOUGHT
HE'D WALK AGAIN
DOCTORS TOLD HIM THEY HAD TO
AMPUTATE HIS LEFT LOWER LIMB.
HE RESEARCHED DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROSTHETHICS WHEN HE
DISCOVERED OSSUR'S NEW POWER
KNEE, AND HE'S ONE OF THE
FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES TO
RECEIVE ONE
AND LUCKILY FOR CHRIS, TREVOR
TOWNSEND, A CERTIFIED
PROSTHETIST AT THE VALLEY
INSTITUTE OF PRESTHETICS AND
ORTHOTICS, RECENTLY BECAME ONE
OF THE FIRST OF A
LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE
CERTIFIED AS A POWER KNEE
PROVIDER IN THE U.S. THE POWER KNEE IS
DESIGNED TO
REPLACE LOST MUSCLE FUNCTION
THAT GIVES CHRIS THE ABILITY TO
CLIMB STAIRS AND DO OTHER DAILY
TASKS THAT HE SAYS HE'LL NEVER
TAKE FOR GRANTED AGAIN
BUT THE PE TAG FOR THIS STATE
OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY IS
NOT CHEAP
AND FOR CHRIS, THE COST OF HIS
LIFE IS PRICELESS
AND THE KNEE IS ALSO BUILT TO
WALK ON TOUGH TERRAIN LIKE
GRASS, CONCRETE AND SLOPES. IN
THE STUDIO, LIA
STEINBERG, 23ABC.
A WALKING GROUP IN BAKERSFIELD
IS DOING MORE THAN