Month: September 2010

Christian the Younger lost one arm in combat but vowed to avenge
himself with the one that remained.

Michael J. Meramo, CPO has accepted the position of managing practitioner for the Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics patient care facility in Exton, Pa. In this role, Meramo will be working with Taffy Bowman, CPO to deliver the highest level of…

Brian Kaspar, PhD, principal investigator in the Center for Gene Therapy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, along with a team of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) researchers and clinicians, recently received a $250,000 grant for SMA research and…

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) concluded its national conference on Sunday, Aug. 29, in Irvine, Calif. Nearly 800 people turned out for 4 days of educational seminars, peer group and support group training and athletic and social events, according…

GLASGOW — In children with unilateral clubfoot, the involved foot and leg will be approximately 10% smaller than the uninvolved leg and foot, and that percent difference does not seem to change significantly with growth and development, according to the…

    Jowan Penn-Barwell GLASGOW – A British military trauma surgeon presented findings here that support the current practice for the management of unsalvageable war-wounded lower limbs. The current practice involves maximizing residual limb length through serial debridement rather than…

The Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) has developed a model state licensure act, according to a press release. The model legislation was developed by BOC’s licensure/legislation committee with assistance from Terry Supan, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, FISPO. BOC used the Georgia…

The Northwestern University Prosthetics/Orthotics Center (NUPOC) has a new address in a historic, Chicago landmark, according to a press release. The new facility is custom-designed and houses the prosthetics/orthotics education program, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)…

Ossur recently announced a new strategic alliance with Hely & Weber, a supplier of braces and supports. Beginning Sept. 1, Ossur will participate in an agreement to distribute Hely & Weber’s line of soft goods through Ossur’s Group Purchasing Organization…

Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Medical mistakes that affect multiple patients,…