Year: 2008

Communication is important in every aspect of life, as a basic function of human relations, according to Scott D. Silver, BA, MSEd, CO/LO, president and owner of Silver Lining Seminars Inc., an education and consultation seminar business for communication and…

  The FOOT team, all prosthetists from the Tampa Bay area, includes (l-r) Eddie Rogowski, Bryan Sinnott, Addam Griner, Dino Scanio and Danny Griner. The FOOT (Florida O&P Outreach Team) Foundation recently sent an inaugural mission team to the Hospital…

Selecting the correct suspension system and prosthetic components for the aging population requires insight into general patient health.

If outcome studies are on the way, they must consider the role of the interface.

Practitioners treat lower leg injuries across the spectrum of athletics. O&P Business News spoke with a pedorthist and physiotherapist about the most common athletic injuries.

Participation in sports and recreation is an important part of an amputee’s recovery and wellness. Here, some key players weigh in on the future of this niche field.

Amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won his appeal to compete in the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) determined that there is not enough scientific evidence to prove whether Pistorius receives an advantage with the…

  Casey Thomas Kenney Orthopedics has announced that Casey Thomas has received his graduate certificate in Orthotics from Northwestern University in Chicago. Thomas is a 2007 graduate from the Gatton College of Business at the University of Kentucky with a…

Brooke Artesi has her eye on the top, both literally and figuratively, at the O&P Extremity Games.

Eleven people have been indicted in the second phase of a targeted criminal, civil and administrative effort against individuals and health care companies that fraudulently bill the Medicare program, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher and…