{"id":313,"date":"2021-11-04T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:31:50","slug":"2-limb-difference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/2-limb-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"2: Golfers with limb difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Limb difference is the partial or complete absence of or malformation of limbs (arms and legs). There are two main types of limb difference: congenital limb difference and acquired limb difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Limb loss vs. congenital disability | Ottobock\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjWuB1UcjUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congenital limb difference<\/strong>, also known as \u201climb reduction,\u201d \u201ccongenital amputation,\u201d or \u201camelia,\u201d occurs when someone is born missing all or part of their upper and\/or lower limbs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acquired limb differences<\/strong>&nbsp;are also known as \u201camputation\u201d and occur when someone has a limb removed for medical reasons or through trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players with limb differences may require adapted equipment or fastening devices to secure the handle. As a coach, be prepared to adapt equipment and keep a cache of fastening devices, such as Velcro straps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Player with Quad Amputation - DTL\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CzrkQPEV6QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>James Mines (UK) &#8211; Quad amputee &#8211; 1st session with adapted equipment<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Player with Limb Difference - Short Arm (DTL)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDIbQmsKP18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tony Lloyd (UK) &#8211; Limb difference<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*This material remains the intellectual property of the EDGA development team and may not be distributed or used further without written consent from the EDGA development team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limb difference is the partial or complete absence of or malformation of limbs (arms and legs). There are two main types of limb difference: congenital limb difference and acquired limb difference.&nbsp; Congenital limb difference, also known as \u201climb reduction,\u201d \u201ccongenital amputation,\u201d or \u201camelia,\u201d occurs when someone is born missing all or part of their upper&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/2-limb-difference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2: Golfers with limb difference<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1704,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions\/1704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgaonline.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}