Behind the Scenes at Scheck & Siress-May 9, 2008

Scheck & Siress prosthetists David Speers and Eric Neufeld explain some of the adjustments and approaches they take to fitting Luis Torres with his new leg.

The Range of Motion Project (ROMP), co-founded by Neufeld, pieced together parts from five donors—a prosthetic-donation process akin to organ donations—to go along with a custom-made piece based on Luis' anatomy.

To see Luis walk for the first time in nearly 10 years, go to:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OP1GVnHcQ6g

For more background on how ROMP assembled the leg, go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFtjkqRVNpg

To see a Daily Herald column about Luis and efforts to help him, visit: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187059

To see a Chicago TV news segment on the work of another Scheck & Siress prosthetist, David Rotter, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Alvv2ZNfY

Related websites:

http://www.scheckandsiress.com

http://www.rompglobal.org

http://www.htc-il.org

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[saintEmory]

What type of plastic is that??